gutterblood

noun

gutterblood

noun

Etymology From gutter + blood.

1

Archaic, Derogatory A person of low pedigree; one of the common rabble.

in rushed a thorough Edinburgh gutterblood - a ragged rascal1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III) (in English), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:

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