Alternative forms

• street-arab

Etymology

So-called because they were nomadic, with no fixed home.

Noun

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1. (datedCategory:English dated terms#STREETARAB) A homeless child who roams the streets, usually begging for handouts; a street urchin.
   • 1887, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, A Study in Scarlet, section VI:

     ‘It's the Baker Street division of the detective police force,’ said my companion, gravely; and as he spoke there rushed into the room half a dozen of the dirtiest and most ragged street Arabs that ever I clapped eyes on.

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Further reading

• “street Arab”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Arab street