gamin

Example Sentences

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

From Washington Post • Mar. 12, 2018

But while Ms. Tautou summoned Hepburn the mischievous gamin, Ms. Soo evokes Ms. Hepburn’s more stately and serene side, the princess in “Roman Holiday.”

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2017

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

From New York Times • Jan. 22, 2016

Maurice Chevalier, though 67 and thicker of waist, can be as debonair, as gamin, as boulevardier as ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

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 Ballou, Maturin Murray