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as in waif
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as in pixie
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Recent Examples of gamine
Other menswear moments had a ‘gamine garçon’ mood and included a louche shirt and vest with tailored pants or a simple khaki suit and white shirt look.
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Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Short and gamine, he name-checks influencer Niamh Adkins as someone who makes the mixie cut look great.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
Whether sophisticated and androgynous or soft and gamine, the best pixie cut can be adapted and styled to suit any individual mood.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2023
Young girls still model themselves after her gamine look.
—Town & Country, 28 June 2023
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Roxanne Robinson, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Short and gamine, he name-checks influencer Niamh Adkins as someone who makes the mixie cut look great.
—Hannah Coates, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2023
Whether sophisticated and androgynous or soft and gamine, the best pixie cut can be adapted and styled to suit any individual mood.
—Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 3 Oct. 2023
Young girls still model themselves after her gamine look.
—Town & Country, 28 June 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gamine
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Shelley Duvall, the saucer-eyed, rail-thin waif who starred in seven films directed by her mentor, Robert Altman, and avoided the ax wielded by an unhinged Jack Nicholson in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining, died Thursday.Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2024
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But that was before director Denis Villeneuve wowed audiences by cutting the first book in half and plopping Hollywood's hardest-working waif (Timothée Chalamet) into an unforgiving landscape riddled with monstrous, holy worms.EW.com, EW.com, 13 Nov. 2023
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Posing for photos, Bailey wore an identical orange bikini and white knife belt, while sporting the older actress’ iconic pixie cut.Shania Russell, EW.com, 30 Oct. 2024
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But what really seals the deal on making this costume one for the books is the pixie cut.Marci Robin, Allure, 30 Oct. 2024
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After cutting open another half dozen, my hands were stained red, urchin spines were embedded in my skin and my mouth was dancing.Jaime Lowe, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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Correspondent Maura Barrett helps researchers place adult-sized urchins in a reef.Evan Bush, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2024
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Sue spoke with Gretchen, her fellow practical tomboy.Emily Nussbaum, Vulture, 5 July 2024
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It’s never been plausible to portray the luminous Russell as an unkempt tomboy who can’t be bothered to brush her hair.Alison Herman, Variety, 30 Oct. 2024
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This fun Christmas crashing romp will either end in disaster or two happily-ever-afters!EW.com, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024
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More than 20 years after making her screen debut in Camp, a beloved romp about the universal experience of being a theater kid, Anna Kendrick is unpacking the sexism of Hollywood through the true-crime genre with her directorial debut.Glenn Garner, Deadline, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Gamine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gamine. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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