gamin

Example Sentences

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Ms. Birkin’s gamin looks and carefree bohemian manner transfixed generations of the style-conscious and inspired the expensive and highly coveted Birkin bag from Hermès.

From New York Times • Jul. 16, 2023

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

An Alabama gamin named Truman Capote materialized, and he and Vidal were soon nightclubbing together and meeting for weekly gossip lunches amid the palms of New York's Plaza Hotel.

From Time Magazine Archive

Had Edward Muldoon, Boy Scout, won over Sparrer Muldoon, street gamin, only to lose in the end?

From The Boy Scouts in A Trapper's Camp by Burgess, Thornton W. (Thornton Waldo)