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    street arab
    [ noun ]
    (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets
    <noun.person>


    Street \Street\ (str[=e]t), n. [OE. strete, AS. str[=ae]t, fr.
    L. strata (sc. via) a paved way, properly fem. p. p. of
    sternere, stratum, to spread; akin to E. strew. See {Strew},
    and cf. {Stratum}, {Stray}, v. & a.]
    1. Originally, a paved way or road; a public highway; now
    commonly, a thoroughfare in a city or village, bordered by
    dwellings or business houses.

    He removed [the body of] Amasa from the street unto
    the field. --Coverdale.

    At home or through the high street passing.
    --Milton.

    Note: In an extended sense, street designates besides the
    roadway, the walks, houses, shops, etc., which border
    the thoroughfare.

    His deserted mansion in Duke Street. --Macaulay.

    2. the roadway of a street[1], as distinguished from the
    sidewalk; as, children playing in the street.
    [PJC]

    3. the inhabitants of a particular street; as, the whole
    street knew about their impending divorce.
    [PJC]

    {The street} (Broker's Cant), that thoroughfare of a city
    where the leading bankers and brokers do business; also,
    figuratively, those who do business there; as, the street
    would not take the bonds.

    {on the street},
    (a) homeless.
    (b) unemployed.
    (a) not in prison, or released from prison; the murderer
    is still on the street.

    {Street Arab}, {Street broker}, etc. See under {Arab},
    {Broker}, etc.

    {Street door}, a door which opens upon a street, or is
    nearest the street.

    {street person}, a homeless person; a vagrant.
    [1913 Webster +PJC]

    Syn: See {Way}.


    Arab \Ar"ab\ (?; 277), n. [Prob. ultimately fr. Heb. arabah a
    desert, the name employed, in the Old Testament, to denote
    the valley of the Jordan and Dead Sea. Ar. Arab, Heb. arabi,
    arbi, arbim: cf. F. Arabe, L. Arabs, Gr. ?.]
    One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in
    Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

    {Street Arab}, a homeless vagabond in the streets of a city,
    particularly and outcast boy or girl. --Tylor.

    The ragged outcasts and street Arabs who are
    shivering in damp doorways. --Lond. Sat.
    Rev.
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