gamin
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of gamin
From French, dating back to 1830–40, originally boy assisting a glassblower, young boy; of uncertain origin
Example Sentences
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Mr. Givenchy was shocked when the doe-eyed, gamin beauty walked into his studio.
From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018
This musical about a French gamin finding love, adapted by Craig Lucas, Daniel Messé and Nathan Tysen from the Jean-Pierre Jeunet movie, will steal its final garden gnome.
From New York Times • May 18, 2017
Ms. O’Hara-Baker gives her free-spirited Lilly a sense of gamin airiness.
From New York Times • Feb. 26, 2016
By 1918 he was Hollywood's most popular male actor, outranking Charlie Chaplin; the top female was Mary Pickford, the cagey gamin called America's Sweetheart.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sparrer's eyes were round with indignation, for even a street gamin has better ethics than this.
From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)
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