(Sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
1 The dandy struts along the pavement, while the street arab plays in the gutter.
2 You are behaving like a street arab . '
3 They talked excitedly in whispers and the boy who had just entered gave the street arab some money.
4 And the shrewd young street arab arose to his feet, touched his cap with his forefinger, and said:
5 He's a street arab at heart!
6 I remember the sally of an indignant Parisian street arab , who called after me: "Hey, boy, why so high and mighty?"
7 It was the street Arab who had robbed Richard in Park Row!
8 The gamin- the street Arab -of Paris is the dwarf of the giant.
9 If Adamastor were to appear to him, the street Arab would say: Hi there!
10 Had it not been for Mr. Griffin you might have been an ordinary street Arab .
11 Ragged street arabs and rough sailor-lads crowded about him.
12 A foolish west-end life has immeasurably more discomfort in it than that of a street Arab .
13 The street Arab impudence was not quite killed in her by the strange influence of this man.
14 He gave a shrill whistle, on which a street Arab led across a four-wheeler and opened the door.
15 'I don't want every street Arab in London to recognise me.'
16 I took up my position before the shop window, alongside some shivering street arabs [Footnote: Street Arabs.
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