(derogatory, archaic) A street urchin.
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(derogatory, archaic) A street urchin.
: "Do not worry, Mrs Kane, we will return you a different boy. The guttersnipe you bring us will not be the boy you get back."
“Lovely new issue of @thewiremagazine.bsky.social! I'm especially looking forward to reading @drstewartsmith.bsky.social's Invisible Jukebox with Guttersnipe. On my end, I went long on a pair of sublime releases: Los Thuthanaka's 𝘞𝘢𝘬'𝘢 EP and Joshua Chuquimia Crampton's 𝘈𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘢.”
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(dated) A street urchin.
(slang, derogatory) A person of low social rank.
A derogatory slang term for a person considered to be of the lowest social rank or moral standing, evoking imagery of scavenging animals in the gutter. The phrase is blunt and contemptuous in register and is typically used to dismiss someone as worthless or dishonourable. Now uncommon, it has the flavour of older vernacular insult language.
Interview: Guttersnipe https://ourculturemag.com/2026/05/05/interview-guttersnipe/
(US, slang, obsolete, derogatory) A broker who sold securities in the street.
“Interview: Guttersnipe https://ourculturemag.com/2026/05/05/interview-guttersnipe/”
(derogatory, dated) A person of the lowest social or economic class.