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minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoI’m confused! Doesn’t urchin really relate to children? Is that a colloquialism or more English-on-drugs?
minus-squareSaeveo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoThe use of “urchin” to refer to children is separate from its original meaning. Maybe it became that as a word for something underfoot?
I’m confused! Doesn’t urchin really relate to children?
Is that a colloquialism or more English-on-drugs?
The use of “urchin” to refer to children is separate from its original meaning.
Maybe it became that as a word for something underfoot?