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
Ms. O’Hara-Baker gives her free-spirited Lilly a sense of gamin airiness.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2016
By 1918 he was Hollywood's most popular male actor, outranking Charlie Chaplin; the top female was Mary Pickford, the cagey gamin called America's Sweetheart.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The street gamin plays for copper centavos, while the pretentious caballero does the same for gold coins.
From Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America by Maturin Murray Ballou