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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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A little more tousled than a traditional pixie cut, the Winona Ryder pixie cut can be adjusted to suit your own personal style.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
17 June 2026
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Her hair was styled in a curly pixie cut, just barely touching her forehead.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
17 June 2026
Noun
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Tom loves Rhoda’s pairing of sweet potato and urchin, calling it something genuinely new.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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Freed from predation, purple urchins razed vast swaths of kelp unchecked.—
Tatjana Baleta,
Time,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Based on the real-life author, the second-oldest Ingalls daughter is portrayed as a tomboy and animal lover with a big heart.—
Kelly Martinez,
Entertainment Weekly,
12 June 2026
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There’s often a tomboy sensibility at play too, with vintage tees and lightly distressed knits.—
Christina Holevas,
Vogue,
25 May 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
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But also joy, as evidenced by this first-ever post-Beatles duet with Ringo Starr, where the two pals smile their way through a romp about their storied past.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
18 June 2026
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As part of his midweek Windy City romp, Ferris memorably visits Wrigley Field with his sophisticated girlfriend, Sloane Peterson, and angsty best pal, Cameron Frye.—
Tyler Kepner,
New York Times,
12 June 2026
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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamine. Accessed 21 Jun. 2026.
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