gamin
n . 流浪儿
流浪儿
gamin n 1 : (
sometimes offensive )
a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets [
synonym : {
street arab }, {
gamin },
{
throwaway }]
Gamin \
Gam "
in \,
n . [
F .]
A neglected and untrained city boy ;
a young street Arab .
[
1913 Webster ]
In Japan ,
the gamins run after you ,
and say , '
Look at the Chinaman .' --
L .
Oliphant .
[
1913 Webster ]
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "
gamin ":
Arab ,
JD ,
beach bum ,
beachcomber ,
beggar ,
bo ,
brat ,
bum ,
bummer ,
dogie ,
elf ,
enfant terrible ,
gamine ,
guttersnipe ,
hobo ,
holy terror ,
homeless waif ,
idler ,
imp ,
juvenile delinquent ,
landloper ,
lazzarone ,
little monkey ,
loafer ,
losel ,
minx ,
monkey ,
mudlark ,
piker ,
puck ,
punk ,
punk kid ,
ragamuffin ,
ragman ,
ragpicker ,
rounder ,
ski bum ,
spoiled brat ,
stiff ,
stray ,
street Arab ,
street urchin ,
sundowner ,
surf bum ,
swagman ,
swagsman ,
tatterdemalion ,
tennis bum ,
tramp ,
turnpiker ,
urchin ,
vag ,
vagabond ,
vagrant ,
waif ,
waifs and strays ,
wastrel ,
whippersnapper GAMING .
A contract between two or more persons by which they agree to play by certain rules at cards ,
dice ,
or other contrivance ,
and that one shall be the loser ,
and the other the winner .
When considered in itself ,
and without regard to the end proposed by the player '
s ,
there is nothing in it contrary to natural equity ,
and the contract will be considered as a reciprocal gift ,
which the parties make of the thing played for ,
under certain .
conditions .
2 .
There are some games which depend altogether upon skill ,
others ,
upon chance ,
and some others are of a mixed nature .
Billiards is an example of the first ;
lottery of the second ;
and backgammon of the last .
3 .
In general ,
at common law all games are lawful ,
unless some fraud has been practiced ,
or such games are contrary to public policy .
Each of the parties to the contract must ,
1 .
Have a right to the money or thing played for .
2 .
He must have given his full and free consent ,
and not been entrapped by fraud .
3 .
There must be equality in the play .
4 .
The play must be conducted fairly .
But even when all these rules have been observed ,
the courts will not countenance gaming by giving too easy a remedy for the recovery of money won at play .
Bac .
Ab .
h .
t .
A .
4 .
But when fraud has been practiced ,
as in all other cases ,
the contract is void and in some cases ,
when the party has been guilty of cheating ,
by playing with false dice ,
cards and the like ,
he may be indicted at common law ,
and fined and imprisoned ,
according to the heinousness of the offence .
1 Russ .
on Cr ,
406 .
5 .
Statutes have been passed in perhaps all the states forbidding gaining for money ,
at certain games ,
and prohibiting the recovery of money lost at such games .
Vide Bac .
Ab .
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Index ,
h .
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Poth .
Traite du Jeu ;
Merlin ,
Repertoire ,
mot Jeu ;
Barbeyrac ,
Traite du Jeu ,
tome 1 ,
p .
104 ,
note 4 ;
1 P .
A .
Browne '
s Rep .
171 :
1 Overt .
R .
360 ;
3 Pick .
446 ;
7 Cowen ,
496 ;
1 Bibb ,
614 ;
1 Miss .
635 ;
Mart . &
Yerg .
262 ;
1 Bailey ,
315 ;
6 Rand .
694 ;
8 Cowen ,
139 ;
2 Blackf .
251 ;
3 Blackf .
294 ;
and Stakeholder ;
Wagers .
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