street urchin

English Thesaurus

1. a child who spends most of his time in the streets especially in slum areas (noun.person)

hypernym	:	urchin,
definition	:	poor and often mischievous city child (noun.person)

hyponym	:	gamine,
definition	:	a homeless girl who roams the streets (noun.person)

hyponym	:	gamin, street arab, throwaway,
definition	:	(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets (noun.person)