arrapiezo

Spanish

Etymology

Possibly from arrapo, a variant of harapo (“rag”).

Noun

arrapiezo m (plural arrapiezos, feminine arrapieza, feminine plural arrapiezas)

(derogatory or humorous) ragamuffin, whippersnapper
- 1911, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Dulce sueño:
  La gente también me escudriña, ávida de acercarse, con hostil e irónica curiosidad chulesca. Todos ellos -mendigos, arrapiezos, golfería, lavanderas, obreros […]
  The peope were also eyeing me up, keen to approach, with a hostile, ironic and cocky curiosity. All of them, beggars, ragamuffins, scoundrels, washerwomen, laborers […]
rag

Further reading

“arrapiezo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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