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Meanings of gamin in English
Catalan
nyèbit (Sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
Usage of gamin in English
1
So little stands between a gamin and all the dignities of Nature.
2
He stood for a moment eyeing the gamin, who pretended to snivel.
3
The gamin is born a tiler as he is born a mariner.
4
The English sparrow is a street gamin, our bird a timid rustic.
5
Gavroche felt his gamin's heart moved with compassion for the old man.
6
Within five minutes thereafter, a ragged gamin strutted into the Albion bar.
7
He played the gamin in folk-scenes and the monster in burlesques.
8
Homer repeats himself eternally, granted; one may say that Voltaire plays the gamin.
9
A certain audacity on matters of religion sets off the gamin.
10
A growing gamin coarseness in her talk with a nervous, restless twitter underneath.
11
He stood a moment eyeing the gamin, who pretended to snivel.
12
Here, you gamin, I'll cover the watch with two hundred dollars.
13
Horse Chasseur acting as a communist artillery man, attended by a gamin sponger.
14
The face of his gamin child engaged in a monstrous mutation.
15
There was no truth in the assertion of the gamin.
16
He takes great delight in imitating the lingo of the New York street gamin.
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Gamin across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common