gamin

• A Parisian gamin is, probably, in his way the most ready-witted person in the world, but his slang is so pointed that it would be entirely lost on an average Briton; even supposing that he understood French, he would be sure to miss the point.
• She hovered around him like a gamin angel, lithe and funny. —  Teresa Medeiros - Once An Angel
• She's a soft butch lesbian going for the younger gamin, Helen Chandler (right, with Hepburn), and dying in the attempt to break the still unbroken land speed record of gay rights (a subtextual reading borne out by the fey mannerisms of Chandler's lover, the foppish Forbes). —  Bright Lights After Dark
• A la place de votre gamin, un autre gamin qui termine son verre de lait tout en pleurant, pas vilain vilain le môme, mais enfin pas aussi joli que le vôtre. —  Global Voices Online
• The gamin is "sponsored" by the lecherous landlord and lusted after by the dashing Bolshevik. —  Catholic Online > Daily Readings

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