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STREET CHILD
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Irregular inflected form: street children
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned
Example:
street children beg or steal in order to survive
Synonyms:
street child; waif
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Hypernyms ("street child" is a kind of...):
child; fry; kid; minor; nestling; nipper; shaver; small fry; tiddler; tike; tyke; youngster (a young person of either sex)