as in monkey
an appealingly mischievous person
we could never resist the little urchin's pleas for candy
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Recent Examples of urchin
But another factor was the explosion of urchin populations.
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Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
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London, England
June 1895
Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
There were enormous sponges and urchins with long spines.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
The California state government has partnered with nonprofits and commercial fishermen to clear urchins and restore kelp.
—Byrd Pinkerton, Vox, 1 Apr. 2025
Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society.
London, England
June 1895
Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.
—Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 14 Mar. 2025
There were enormous sponges and urchins with long spines.
—Nell Zink, Harper's Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for urchin
Noun
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Many of the racist stereotypes depicted are negative toward Black people in the United States, showing them as monkeys, absent parents, or criminals.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
3 July 2025
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There were also yaks, deer, buffalo, camels, a kangaroo, ostriches, eight monkeys, six raccoons, two grizzly bears, black bears, brown bears, seals, lions, an old tiger, a blind hyena, a circus elephant, an alligator and 400 birds, including a talking crow.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
Noun
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There may devils in these details Jenkins is a former Detroit City Council president and nonprofit CEO.—
M.L. Elrick,
Freep.com,
3 July 2025
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In retrospect, both fans and Grenier himself have asserted that Nate may be the actual villain of The Devil Wears Prada, and not the titular devil herself.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
People.com,
1 July 2025
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“Urchin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/urchin. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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