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Topic: CHILDREN

Date: 1500-1600
Origin: urchin 'hedgehog' (13-20 centuries), from Old French herichon, from Latin ericius

urchin

 noun
     
ur‧chin [countable]
old-fashionedSSC a poor dirty untidy child
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