gamin

名词 n.
/ˈɡæmɪn/    /ˈɡæmɪn/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy. also,attributive,dated
    — Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France.

词形变化

gamins plural

词源

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