Was it born in the gutter?
"The Way of Ambition"
Robert Hichens
From there he clambered along the gutter of the addition until he reached the window of a middle room.
"Leo the Circus Boy"
Ralph Bonehill
Just now when I watched an old cork which had fallen into the gutter, and which lashed by the rain was helplessly whirling about in the dirty puddle, the thought struck me that this cork was my own brain which had stolen from out my heated skull, and was now taking a shower bath.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse