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Recent Examples of gamine
Sara—my gamine friend who had accompanied me to Slamdance, a budding film editrix—took the desk next to mine.
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Lena Dunham, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Think: vintage pin-curls on Teyana Taylor, a gamine cut on FKA Twigs, and Doja Cat’s blonde curls.
—Essence, 18 Dec. 2025
Fast-forward to the following decade, when the gap-toothed gamine abandoned her heavy hand to embrace a more au naturel approach.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
Within the Paris setting, Chadwick felt aptly French with her gamine pixie cut, and her mellifluous voice was impressively restrained.
—Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
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Lena Dunham, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Think: vintage pin-curls on Teyana Taylor, a gamine cut on FKA Twigs, and Doja Cat’s blonde curls.
—Essence, 18 Dec. 2025
Fast-forward to the following decade, when the gap-toothed gamine abandoned her heavy hand to embrace a more au naturel approach.
—Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Dec. 2025
Within the Paris setting, Chadwick felt aptly French with her gamine pixie cut, and her mellifluous voice was impressively restrained.
—Sarah Moroz, Pitchfork, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamine
Noun
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Everyone was chasing a waif look.—
Michelle Lee,
PEOPLE,
22 Apr. 2026
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More like a woman who had written a book and less like a lost waif.—
Allegra Goodman,
Vogue,
12 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The Disney World version of Soarin’ Across America ends with Epcot’s Spaceship Earth attraction illuminated in red, white, and blue and Tinker Bell sprinkling pixie dust on the Florida theme park as patriotic fireworks explode overhead.—
Brady MacDonald,
Oc Register,
18 May 2026
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Just like Taylor’s structured signature pixie cuts, they’re often paired with over-the-top gowns (See her burgundy BAFTA Awards gown with a pixie-reaching collar or her stop motion train at the 57th NAACP Image Awards).—
Essence,
Essence,
14 May 2026
Noun
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Cala Gaetano is the most breathtaking of all, both in awe and anxiety, where slippery steps without any barriers bring you to a secluded cove speckled with urchins.—
Kristina Kasparian,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Mar. 2026
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Sea urchin also comes as nigiri for $12, and sashimi for $24.—
Ella Gonzales
March 13,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Mar. 2026
Noun
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And while Peach is demure and elegant, known for being good-natured and compassionate, Daisy is a boisterous, sports-loving tomboy.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
3 Apr. 2026
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There is no benign male version of tomboy.—
Adam Stanaland,
The Conversation,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 May 2018
Noun
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The Sailors set a season high for runs in a 15-1 romp over Trabuco Hills in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs at Newport Harbor High.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
15 May 2026
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Beyond that, much of what made the show such a winning romp through Heaven, Hell, and all the spaces in between can be credited to the work of Sheen and Tennant, whose charming performances as an otherworldly odd couple has given Good Omens its heartbeat from the start.—
Keith Phipps,
Vulture,
13 May 2026
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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamine. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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