Definition of Street child

1. Noun. A homeless child especially one forsaken or orphaned. "Street children beg or steal in order to survive"

Exact synonyms: Waif
Generic synonyms: Child, Fry, Kid, Minor, Nestling, Nipper, Shaver, Small Fry, Tiddler, Tike, Tyke, Youngster

Lexicographical Neighbors of Street Child

street
street-arab
street-hockey
street-legal
street-light
street-smart
street-walk
street-wise
street Arab
street address
street addresses
street appeal
street arab
street art
street artist
street child (current term)
street cleaner
street clothes
street corner
street cred
street credibility
street dance
street dancer
street dancers
street drug
street elbow
street fighter
street fighters
street food
street foods

Literary usage of Street child

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Records Relating to the Early History of Boston by Boston (Mass.). Registry Dept (1886)
"Chivers John, blacksmith, Back street. Child Jonas, taylor, Newbury street. ... Chivers David, excise officer, Nassau street. Child & Davis, grocers, Orange ..."

2. Bibliotheca Indicaby Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal by Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal (1841)
"The Street-child found as many roots as a horse's head or yak's head is great, and made a loaf for himself out of them. 3. ..."

3. Miscellaneous Papers by Boston Record Commissioners (1886)
"Chivers John, blacksmith, Back street. Child Jonas, taylor, Newbury street. ... Chivers David, excise officer, Nassau street. Child & Davis, grocers, Orange ..."

4. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"To go home with this little street-child, and eat her supper in company with her ! I am afraid she shivered at the bare thought of doing it; ..."

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