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Gamin

noun
1.
(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.  Synonyms: street arab, throwaway.





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"Gamin" Quotes from Famous Books



... great Elizabeth, that of France from 1830 to the present hour—have broadened their appeal to every class. The queen and the orange-girl joyed together in the healthiness of Rosalind; the king and the gamin laughed together at the rogueries of Scapin. The breadth of Shakespeare's appeal remains one of the most significant facts in the history of the drama. Tell a filthy-faced urchin of the gutter that you know about a play that shows a ghost ...
— The Theory of the Theatre • Clayton Hamilton
... Joinville was dressed as a bargee and affected the manner of a street gamin. She likes to go to those places that the court detests the most, *the theatres ...
— The Memoirs of Victor Hugo • Victor Hugo
... I'll be sworn," said she, pulling me round by the arm, full in front of her. "Answer me, 'Gamin,' where didst ...
— Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. • Various


Words linked to "Gamin" :   disparagement, guttersnipe, street urchin, depreciation, derogation


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