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urchin 1. See sea urchin heart 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
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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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