Usually means: Street children; often poor, neglected.
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We found 10 dictionaries that define the word guttersnipes:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. guttersnipes: Merriam-Webster
  2. guttersnipes: Collins English Dictionary
  3. guttersnipes: Vocabulary.com
  4. guttersnipes: Wordnik
  5. guttersnipes: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. guttersnipes: Wiktionary
  7. guttersnipes: Dictionary.com
  8. Guttersnipes (band), Guttersnipes (film): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Guttersnipes: TheFreeDictionary.com

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. guttersnipes: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See guttersnipe as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (guttersnipe)

noun:  (derogatory) A person of the lowest social or economic class.
noun:  (derogatory) A street urchin.
noun:  (slang, dated) A small poster, suitable for a kerbstone.
noun:  (US, slang, dated) A broker who sold securities in the street.
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