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urchins

/ˈɜːrtʃɪnz/

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noun

A mischievous child.

Examples :

"The baker shooed the urchins away from his stall, hoping they wouldn't steal any more cookies. "

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noun

A street urchin, a child who lives, or spends most of their time, in the streets.

Examples :

"The baker often gave leftover bread to the urchins who slept in the alley behind his shop. "

person society human

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noun

Examples :

"While snorkeling, we saw many spiky urchins clinging to the coral reef. "

animal ocean food biology

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noun

One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders arranged around a carding drum; so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog.

Examples :

"During the tour of the textile mill, the guide pointed out the urchins, explaining that these spiky cylinders helped prepare the fibers for spinning. "

machine industry

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noun

A neutron-generating device that triggered the nuclear detonation of the earliest plutonium atomic bombs.

Examples :

"Historians now understand that the precise timing of the "Fat Man" atomic bomb's detonation depended on the reliable function of its urchins. "

device physics energy weapon military science technology war

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noun

Examples :

"We saw two small urchins snuffling around in the garden at dusk, searching for insects. "

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A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form of a hedgehog.

Examples :

"The old woman blamed the garden gnome's disappearance on the urchins, whispering tales of mischievous hedgehog-elves. "

mythology character literature tradition supernatural being