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Answer for the clue "Saucy little girl ", 6 letters:
gamine

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
'' Gamine may refer to:'' Gamine , the feminine form of the French word gamin , originally meaning female urchin. Gamine , an infamous 19th Century bordello in Hull, England Gamine , a term for female street children and for Colombian street children in ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"small, slim, pert young girl," 1899, from French gamine , fem. of gamin .

Usage examples of gamine.

Her new surname was certainly apt, Banks thought, as there was definitely something of the gamine about her, a young girl with mischievous charm.

She looked fluffy and frolicsome, dressed a la gamine, showed a generous amount of smooth leg, knew how to stress the white of a bare instep by the black of a velvet slipper, and pouted, and dimpled, and romped, and dirndled, and shook her short curly blond hair in the cutest and tritest fashion imaginable.