Street Arab Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
    throwaway; gamin.

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Definitions
  1. a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city, particularly and outcast boy or girl. Tylor.
    The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are shivering in damp doorways. Lond. Sat. Rev.

Webster 1913