They had served their business apprenticeships as grocery clerks, errand boys, telegraph messengers, and newspaper gamins.

他们作为杂货店店员、差事男孩、电报信使和报纸游戏员担任业徒。

He glanced round at Tuppence's entry. There was a certain amount of the gamin element in the girl, at all events she invariably got on well with small boys. A sympathetic bond seemed instantly to be formed.

他了一眼塔彭丝。这个女孩身上有一定野蛮元素，无论如何她总是和小男孩相处得很好。一种同情纽带似乎立即形成了。