gamin
a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
Origin of gamin
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How to use gamin in a sentence
Now began what she called her literary school-boy life (vie d'ecolier litteraire), her vie de gamin.
Frederick Chopin as a Man and Musician | Frederick NiecksLittle cared for by his father, he was brought up by his grandfather, a tailor, who let him roam the streets as a gamin.
A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year | Edwin EmersonMaster and dog were hustled outside the gate and into a rabble of jeering slum gamin.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson"Neither Georges nor the Dragon are honest souls enough to trust themselves with their cups," said the knowing gamin.
Bentley's Miscellany, Volume II | VariousShe has been scolding me, though if it comes to that I gave it her back with far more gamin in my tongue.
Dodo's Daughter | E. F. Benson
British Dictionary definitions for gamin
/ (ˈɡæmɪn, French ɡamɛ̃) /
a street urchin; waif
Origin of gamin
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