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gamin

ga·min

US/ˈɡæmɪn/ uncommon dated

noun

1.

a homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the streets

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Origin

Borrowed from French gamin (“a street urchin; a young boy”), apparently an “eastern dialect” word of unknown origin.

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