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Definition of Gamine

1. Noun. A homeless girl who roams the streets.

Definition of Gamine

1. Noun. a female street urchin ¹

2. Noun. a mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman ¹

3. Adjective. (of a girl) having a boyish, mischievous charm; tomboyish. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gamine

1. a tomboy [n -S] - See also: tomboy

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gamine

Literary usage of Gamine

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1. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1886)
"gamine crystallises in agglomerations of minute irregular crystals. It is very little soluble in cold water, but readily in hot, separating again on cooling ..."

2. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1886)
"gamine crystallises in agglomerations of minute irregular crystals. It is very little soluble in cold water, but readily in hot, separating again on cooling ..."

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