Definition of Galopins

1. galopin [n] - See also: galopin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Galopins

gallygaskins
gallying
galoche
galoche chin
galoched
galoches
galoching
galoot
galoots
galop
galopade
galopades
galoped
galopin
galoping
galopins (current term)
galopped
galopping
galops
galore
galore(ip)
galores
galosh
galoshe
galoshed
galoshes
galoshing
galowses
galpal
galpals

Literary usage of Galopins

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Works by Manuel Márquez Sterling, William Makepeace Thackeray, Leslie Stephen, Louise Stanage (1899)
"Mesdemoiselles your nieces playing at criquette, with the Messieurs Smees—sons of Doctor Smees—young galopins, monsieur !" All this was shrieked with ..."

2. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1854)
"I turn myself, and what do I scof Mesdemoiselles, your nieces, playing at cri- quette with the Messieurs Smees—eons of Doctor Smees—young galopins, ..."

3. The Works of William Makepeace Thackeray by William Makepeace Thackeray, Sir Leslie Stephen (1898)
"Mesdemoiselles your nieces playing at criquette, with the Messieurs Smees—sons of Doctor Since«-— young galopins, monsieur ! " All this was shrieked with ..."

4. The Oxford History of Music by William Henry Hadow (1902)
"... must present not merely gorgeous spectacular effects, but must include a battle scene in which 'deux cents galopins, tant de part que de l'autre, ..."

5. Blackstick Papers by Anne Thackeray Ritchie (1908)
"... when it was ordained that the painter was to be classed with the servants, and to come in rank after the " palefreniers " and the "galopins de cuisine"; ..."

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