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- noun Plural form of
gamin .
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Examples
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One knows that; but the wretchedest of its "gamins" knows that it is something else also.
Visions and Revisions A Book of Literary Devotions John Cowper Powys 1917
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There was no mention made of murder, of an underground alliance with the 'gamins' of Paris, the dregs of humanity, prisoners, men skilled in the art of secret death. "
The Yellow Crayon 1906
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A few gamins, however, were around, in their eyes a suppressed eagerness in anticipation of wonderful and exciting things to happen.
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Then quiet again, though the gamins had startled and listened, like young deer, at the sound.
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Like we're supposed to believe that among these "gosses" and "gamins" boys he picked out a "boy" of forty.
French Culture Minister Denies Participation in Sex Tourism: Says "Young Boys" were Really Adult Prostitutes Suzanne 2009
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The elements which constitute the consideration of the gamins for each other are very various.
Les Miserables 2008
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In the brotherhood of gamins, a memorable accident counts for a great deal.
Les Miserables 2008
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In the brotherhood of gamins Voltaire is not known, but Papavoine is.
Les Miserables 2008
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En y repensant, j'avais qu'a sortir toutes les maladies de gamins comme la varicelle mais bon ...
pinku-tk Diary Entry pinku-tk 2007
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Yonder go a crowd of bare-legged fishermen; there is the town idiot, mocking a woman who is screaming “Fleuve du Tage,” at an inn-window, to a harp, and there are the little gamins mocking HIM.
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