GAMIN


Meaning of GAMIN in English

I. ˈgamə̇n noun

( -s )

Etymology: French

1. : a boy who runs the streets : a roguish impudent boy : urchin

won the confidence of the street gamins — E.S.Bates

the jeers and stones of … gamins flung at outraged farmers — Harriot B. Barbour

2. : gamine 2

II. adjective

: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a gamin

a snub nose and a gamin smile — Danceland

as debonair, as gamin … as ever — Time

tough fifty-year-old gamin face — Eleanor Clark

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