Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Gamin \Gam"in\, n. [F.]
   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 : WordNet®

gamin
     n : a homeless child who has been abandoned and roams the
         streets [syn: {street arab}, {throwaway}]