street child
Plural
street children
1
a child for whom the street is the habitual place of residence or primary source of livelihood
- The NGO operates day centers where a street child can get a meal, a wash, and basic medical care.
- Police and social workers recorded the locations where each street child usually slept to plan outreach services.
- She remembered the street child who sold flowers outside the station and how he vanished when it rained.
- Volunteers taught literacy skills to a group of street children who spent most days working in the market.
- During the census the outreach team counted every street child they encountered to estimate local need.
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