[ UK /ˈɜːt‍ʃɪn/ ]
[ US /ˈɝtʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. poor and often mischievous city child
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  • A perfect mob of street urchins, loafers, shop-men and bar-keepers who could spare a bit of time, lined up in front of the Palace Hotel and watched the plaid-coated, gray-capped visitors in short knickerbockers and golf stockings puff their pipes around the bar and call for "Porter and h'ale, 'alf and The Transformation of Job A Tale of the High Sierras
  • By the time they were lurching slowly along the cart track the wind had dropped, letting the clouds gather.
  • The Jet Ranger arced upwards, a big prehistoric pterodactyl lurching blindly in its death throes.
  • Moray eels, nudibranchs, stingrays, shellfish, sea urchins and sea stars were out and about, while the polyps of black corals and other gorgonians were feeding.
  • E.g. the genes are found in sea urchins and other non-vertebrate deuterostome genomes. Assessing Applegate's Attack
  • The street urchins had decided views on literary value, and they were always keen to hand on advice. Times, Sunday Times
  • But the same urchins along the walk from the strip back up the rise toward the quarters, the same characterless sleep.
  • These New Puritans, an English band that has just released its debut album, “Beat Pyramid” (Domino), played rock that was spikier than a bushel of sea urchins. SXSW: 15 Minutes With These New Puritans - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
  • September 10, 2009 at 11:54 am ai spended sume tiem an phew weeksweeks agoe surchin furr mai songlasez. tuk bout 1/2 our tu find thems wen ai leened forwurd an noeticed dems hangin frum teh eyeglasz nekless ai bawt tu keap frum loosin da glasez. This ain’t fun no more. - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
  • The aircraft was pitching with turbulence and I was lurching about, bracing myself against the walls.
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