'Gamin' definitions:
Definition of 'gamin'
From: WordNet
noun
(sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets [syn: street arab, gamin, throwaway]
Definition of 'Gamin'
From: GCIDE
- Gamin \Gam"in\, n. [F.] A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab. [1913 Webster]
- In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' --L. Oliphant. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gamin'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arab,
- beach bum,
- beachcomber,
- beggar,
- bo,
- brat,
- bum,
- bummer,
- dogie,
- elf,
- enfant terrible,
- gamine,
- guttersnipe,
- hobo,
- holy terror,
- homeless waif,
- idler,
- imp,
- JD,
- juvenile delinquent,
- landloper,
- lazzarone,
- little monkey,
- loafer,
- losel,
- minx,
- monkey,
- mudlark,
- piker,
- puck,
- punk,
- punk kid,
- ragamuffin,
- ragman,
- ragpicker,
- rounder,
- ski bum,
- spoiled brat,
- stiff,
- stray,
- street Arab,
- street urchin,
- sundowner,
- surf bum,
- swagman,
- swagsman,
- tatterdemalion,
- tennis bum,
- tramp,
- turnpiker,
- urchin,
- vag,
- vagabond,
- vagrant,
- waif,
- waifs and strays,
- wastrel,
- whippersnapper