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   urchin

   /ˈəːtʃɪn/

   noun

   • 1. a young child who is poorly or raggedly dressed: "he was surrounded by a dozen street urchins in rags"
   • ▪ a goblin. archaic
   • 2. short for sea urchin
   • 3. a hedgehog. dialect

   Word Origin Middle Englishhirchon, urchon ‘hedgehog’, from Old Northern French herichon, based on Latin hericius ‘hedgehog’.

   Scrabble Points: 11

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