Usually means: Mischievous, charmingly playful young woman.
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  7. gamine: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  15. gamine: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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noun:  A (usually female) street urchin; a homeless girl.
noun:  A mischievous, playful, elfish, pert girl or young woman.
adjective:  (of a girl) Having a boyish, mischievous charm; elfish, typically with short hair.

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