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gamines

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plural of gamine

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1 as in urchins, waifs

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for gamines

ragamuffins,
urchins,
waifs

bums,
derelicts,
ne'er-do-wells,
vagrants

hoboes
(also hobos),
tramps,
vagabonds

drifters,
roamers,
transients

almsmen,
beggars,
mendicants,
panhandlers

down-and-outs
(or down-and-outers),
have-nots,
indigents,
paupers

bankrupts,
insolvents

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for gamines

affluents,
deep pockets,
fat cats,
haves,
moneybags,
plutocrats

billionaires,
billionairesses,
gazillionaires,
millionaires,
millionairesses

magnates,
moneymakers,
nabobs,
successes,
tycoons

2 as in pixies, tomboys

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for gamines

hoydens,
pixies,
romps,
snips,
tomboys

bobby-soxers,
junior misses,
schoolgirls,
subdebutantes,
teenyboppers

fillies,
girls,
lasses,
lassies,
misses,
missies,
nymphs,
sheilas
[Australian & New Zealand]

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