Gamin

//ˈɡæmɪn// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. also, attributive, dated

    "Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France."

  2. 2
    (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French gamin (“street urchin; young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin.

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