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as in waif
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as in pixie
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Recent Examples of gamine
Thanks to Russell’s gamine pixie crop, the necklace’s central 11-carat stone twinkled alluringly at the nape of her neck, meaning that paparazzi were craning their necks for that 360 degree full-look view.
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Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Russell’s gamine look conjures up memories of another iconic pixie cut: that of Audrey Hepburn.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 July 2024
Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo are Patricia and Michel, the gamine and the criminal, simultaneously artless and deliberate.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
Other menswear moments had a ‘gamine garçon’ mood and included a louche shirt and vest with tailored pants or a simple khaki suit and white shirt look.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024
Russell’s gamine look conjures up memories of another iconic pixie cut: that of Audrey Hepburn.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 26 July 2024
Jean Seberg and Jean-Paul Belmondo are Patricia and Michel, the gamine and the criminal, simultaneously artless and deliberate.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 7 May 2024
Other menswear moments had a ‘gamine garçon’ mood and included a louche shirt and vest with tailored pants or a simple khaki suit and white shirt look.
—Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamine
Noun
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Diminutive Darcy Rose Byrnes makes for a terrific waif of a hotel maid, her presence central to the action.—
Christopher Smith,
Orange County Register,
17 Mar. 2025
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The immortal embarrassment of Nosferatu The arduous, debilitating affair between melancholic 1830s waif Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) and her vampire lover-enemy Count Orlok (Bill Skarsgård, under tons of prosthetics) begins with deception.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
10 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The dark brown pixie cut wasn't the only interesting beauty moment from the campaign — Zendaya completed the sci-fi look with prosthetic, elf-like ears — similar to those seen on Star Trek's Vulcans — to add an extraterrestrial twist to the shoot.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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From Taylor Russell’s gamine look to a sideburn-heavy cut on Jodie Turner-Smith, pixie cuts have long been trending among Hollywood actresses.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Read on for an exclusive excerpt from the prologue of The Secret Book Society. London, England June 1895 Clara Chambers, the Countess of Duxbury, entered her drawing room and considered the urchin who’d demanded to be seen at once.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
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There were enormous sponges and urchins with long spines.—
Nell Zink,
Harper's Magazine,
28 Feb. 2025
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McKeon joined the cast of the series, which already included Charlotte Rae, Lisa Whelchel, Mindy Cohn and Kim Fields, as tomboy Jo Polniaczek for its second season in 1980.—
John Russell,
People.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Cukor referred to her characterization by the French term for tomboy, garçonne.—
Jim Hemphill,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In the Cape Ann League, Vinn Winter (six goals) and Finn Wright (five goals, four assists) dominated the play, as Ipswich cruised to a 17-5 romp of Amesbury.—
Kristina Banahan,
Boston Herald,
3 Apr. 2025
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The one-night-only reading of the romp, presented as part of Chance Theater’s On The Radar New Works Program, is directed by Sasha Nicolle Smith and stars Tristan Cunningham, Kathleen Littlefield and Josh Schell.—
Jessica Gelt,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamine. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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