Thursday, February 7, 2013

Wednesday Word of the Week

Guttersnipe (guht-er-snahyp)
Noun

A person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in
a city; a street urchin.

“That scruffy little shoeless boy who hangs around the marketplace
picking pockets is nothing more than a guttersnipe.”

Alternative definition
Verb

The act of retrieving something thrown away or abandoned; dumpster-diving.

“Adam saw nothing wrong with his decision to guttersnipe the partially eaten chick-fil-a sandwich off a neighboring table.”

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