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urchin

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urchin
2. an archaic or dialect name for a hedgehog
3. either of the two cylinders in a carding machine that are covered with carding cloth
4. Obsolete an elf or sprite

urchin - munchkin


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At last one took the other aside, and said, 'That little urchin will make our fortune, if we can get him, and carry him about from town to town as a show; we must buy him.
The door, which moved with difficulty on its creaking and rusty hinges, being forced quite open, a square and sturdy little urchin became apparent, with cheeks as red as an apple.
One slipper was nowhere to be found; the other had been laid hold of by an urchin, and off he ran with it; he thought it would do capitally for a cradle when he some day or other should have children himself.
 
 
 
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