Definitions

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  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of an urchin (mischievous child).
  • adjective Resembling or characteristic of a sea urchin.

Etymologies

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urchin +‎ -like

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Examples

  • Vanyel ruffled his hair approvingly, and Medren gave him an urchinlike grin.

    Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

  • Vanyel ruffled his hair approvingly, and Medren gave him an urchinlike grin.

    Magic's Promise Lackey, Mercedes 1990

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