1
: a girl who hangs around on the streets
2
: a small playfully mischievous girl
: of, relating to, or suggesting a gamine
Examples of gamine in a Sentence
Noun
a movie about a French gamine
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Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Russell’s gamine look conjures up memories of another iconic pixie cut: that of Audrey Hepburn.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 July 2024
Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Jan. 2023
Orton, a gamine-ish fifty-one, who lives with her family in London, had dressed sensibly for November in New York.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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Noun
Thanks to Russell’s gamine pixie crop, the necklace’s central 11-carat stone twinkled alluringly at the nape of her neck, meaning that paparazzi were craning their necks for that 360 degree full-look view.
—Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Russell’s gamine look conjures up memories of another iconic pixie cut: that of Audrey Hepburn.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 July 2024
Adjective
Here, the riding jacket was a key theme, constructed in gleaming silken tweeds above gamine miniskirts and youthful skorts.
—Thomas Adamson, ajc, 24 Jan. 2023
Orton, a gamine-ish fifty-one, who lives with her family in London, had dressed sensibly for November in New York.
—John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gamine. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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