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Gamine

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.

    "In her navy linen trousers and her, perhaps too tight, white jersey, Jennifer was determinedly gamine."

Noun
  1. 1
    A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
  2. 2
    a girl of impish appeal wordnet
  3. 3
    A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.
  4. 4
    a homeless girl who roams the streets wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gamine.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French gamine.

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