gamin (plural gamins)
(dated, also, attributively) A homeless boy; a male street urchin; also (more generally), a cheeky, street-smart boy.
Antonym: gamine (female)
• (homeless boy): guttersnipe, street child
• (cheeky boy): imp, rascal
• Magin, gmina, magni-, minga
Source: Wiktionary
Gam"in, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab. In Japan, the gamins run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' L. Oliphant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
4 April 2025
(verb) kill by cutting the head off with a guillotine; “The French guillotined many Vietnamese while they occupied the country”
According to Guinness World Records, on 25 September 2016, the Birla Institute of Management Technology (India) in Uttar Pradesh, India, constructed the largest coffee cups pyramid consisting of 23,821 cups. They used paper takeaway coffee cups to build the pyramid.
