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gamin

[ gam-in ]

noun

  1. a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.


gamin

/ ˈɡæmɪn; ɡamɛ̃ /

noun

  1. a street urchin; waif
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Origin of gamin1

From French, dating back to 1830–40, originally boy assisting a glassblower, young boy; of uncertain origin
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of gamin1

from French
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The door is opened by Ms. Etienne, 75 — a wry, sinewy woman with a gamin haircut.

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By the end of the night, her gamin crop is plastered to her forehead with sweat; her smile is a little dazed, as if she isn’t quite sure what just happened.

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While the start-up costs are expensive - each gamin station, which includes a desktop, chair, keyboard and mouse, in the Lackawanna College facility costs around $3,000 - there’s little transportation costs involved.

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Ms. Hearn was a gamin performance artist turned art dealer with an audacious eye; she started out in the East Village in the early 1980s, before landing in Chelsea.

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The opening paragraph read, “Those gamin dandies, the zoot suiters, having learned a great moral lesson from servicemen, mostly sailors, who took over their instruction three days ago, are staying home nights.â€

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