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  1. 1. n. A hedgehog. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A sea urchin. See Sea urchin. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A mischievous elf supposed sometimes to take the form a hedgehog. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A pert or roguish child; -- now commonly used only of a boy. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. One of a pair in a series of small card cylinders, arranged around a carding drum; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the hedgehog. Source: opted
  6. 6. a. Rough; pricking; piercing. Source: opted
  7. 7. n. poor and often mischievous city child Source: wordnet
  8. 8. n:100 n. poor and often mischievous city child Source: ecdict

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