gamin

Example Sentences

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The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut.

From New York Times • Sep. 18, 2019

Mr. Givenchy was shocked when the doe-eyed, gamin beauty walked into his studio.

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018

It was great for the character, that gamin, slightly tomboyish look, without wearing boy’s clothes.”

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2016

Petra Kelly, 35, the feisty, fiery gamin who speaks as the uncrowned leader of the Greens, is hard to overlook.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Not exactly," muttered I, taken too suddenly to recover myself; "when I was a boy, a mere child—"I here by accident employed a Mexican word almost synonymous with the French "gamin."

From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James