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Definition of Gamin
1. Noun. (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets.
Language type: Depreciation, Derogation, Disparagement
Generic synonyms: Guttersnipe, Street Urchin
Definition of Gamin
1. n. A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
Definition of Gamin
1. Noun. A street urchin; a homeless boy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gamin
1. an urchin [n -S] - See also: urchin
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamin
Literary usage of Gamin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Les Misérables by Victor Hugo (1887)
"There are a great many varieties of the gamin species. The notary's gamin is
called Skip- the-Gutter, the cook's gamin is called a scullion, ..."
2. Our Part in the Great War by Arthur Gleason (1917)
"Ill 'MON gamin" ONE day when I was in Lorraine, a woman came to me carrying in
her hands a ... I thought that my little scamp (mon gamin) was in danger, ..."
3. Secret Memoirs of Princess Lamballe: Being Her Journals, Letters, and by Oliver Herbrand Gordon Leigh, Catherine Hyde Govion Broglio Solari (1901)
"... Extraordinary Expedients Necessaryto Evade Espionage —Anecdote of Boxes Sent
by the Editor from Paris — Curious Occurrence Respecting gamin, the King's ..."
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