gutterblood
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Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
gutterblood (plural gutterbloods)
- (derogatory, archaic) A person of low pedigree; one of the common rabble.
- 1822 May 29, [Walter Scott], The Fortunes of Nigel. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co., →OCLC:
- in rushed a thorough Edinburgh gutterblood - a ragged rascal