as in monkeys
an appealingly mischievous person
we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
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Noun
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Columns of fire shoot into the air with the arrival of the Wizard, and electronic flying monkeys soar around the dome in another scene.—
Kirsten Chuba,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025 -
In this Oz, the flying monkeys actually take flight.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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Weapons seems to break such cycles, leaving no more devils hiding in basements or upstairs bedrooms playing with dolls or ribbons of hair.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Urchins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchins. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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