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gamin

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nouncolloquialdatedmasculine
  1. street urchin, street kid
  2. kid
adjective
  1. mischievous, naughty

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  • Le gamin, qui espérait entrer à la suite du gentilhomme et assister ainsi à la réception des Iroquois, accepta avec enthousiasme.The boy, who hoped to enter after the gentleman and thus attend the reception of the Iroquois, accepted with enthusiasm.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
  • Mornac ne connaissait personne et s'empressait de débarquer avec sa valise, lorsque l'aubergiste héla certain gamin de douze ans, qui, la tignasse ébouriffée, le nez au vent et les mains dans les poches, regardait chacun d'un air effrontément inquisiteur.Mornac didn't know anyone and rushed to disembark with his suitcase, when the innkeeper hela certain 12-year-old, who, with his swollen tignasse, his nose in the wind and his hands in his pockets, looked at each one with a brazen inquisitory look.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac

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