scrapper

scrapper
 n.— «She said her two youngest children, 8 and 6, were wearing blue shirts last year and were taunted by two neighbor children who called them “scrappers,” a derogatory term for Sureño gang members.» —“Parents need to pay attention to what kids are wearing” by David Castellon Visalia Times-Delta (California) May 12, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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