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. Chiquet, 54, was wearing a Nina Ricci peacock-feather print shirt, and jeans, with her hair in her signature gamin style.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2017

She is a wistful waif out of a Chaplin two-reeler, a Broadway gamin skipping along the harsh pavements of defeat with perky gallantry, one of nature's eternally winning losers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gamin strain that seemed innate in their blood was developed and strengthened thus.

From The Furnace by Macaulay, Rose, Dame