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English
Etymology
From gutter + snipe.
Pronunciation
Noun
guttersnipe (plural guttersnipes)
- (derogatory) A person of the lowest social or economic class.
- 1980, Bernard MacLaverty, 'Lamb' (novel), (Chapter 6, at page 51 in the 1981 King Penguin paperback edition):
- "Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back."
- (derogatory) A street urchin.
1912 (date written), Bernard Shaw, “Pygmalion”, in Androcles and the Lion, Overruled, Pygmalion, London: Constable and Company, published 1916, →OCLC, Act II, page 123:Never lose a chance: it doesnt come everyday. I shall make a duchess of this draggletailed guttersnipe.
- (slang, dated) A small poster, suitable for a kerbstone.
- (US, slang, dated) A broker who sold securities in the street.