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- noun
impishness
Etymologies
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Examples
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12: 37: Lanson Tang, the strapping deep-voiced lad from Potomac, nails "gaminerie" after his peers had missed three straight words.
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She had the gift of a clear and musical laugh, and her small delicate face would wrinkle and pout into grimaces which gave to her a rather attractive air of _gaminerie_ -- Hillyard could find no word but the French one to express her on that evening.
The Summons 1906
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She swung her slim russet-shod feet above the brook and looked at him with a touch of _gaminerie_ new to her and to him.
The Younger Set 1899
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Farren was one of the daintiest and most graceful little creatures ever seen on the stage, with a gaminerie all her own, I, in common with many other youths, sat in the stalls of the Gaiety wrapped in
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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And in the intervals he had supplied the creature with money and amused himself with his _gaminerie_ from morning till night.
The History of David Grieve Humphry Ward 1885
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FrancescaRMR I just met Kenny Ortega and shareece was so hilarious when she spoke to him LOL gaminerie Kenny Ortega had said that Michael wanted to do the tour in Japan.
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 2009
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The quick mischievous sparkle of _gaminerie_ flashed up, transforming her for an instant -- "Ah, yes; and I can make you unhappy, too, it seems, by talking of marriage!
The Younger Set 1899
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