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Traditional English :: girlish
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girlishness.html - adj. of or like a girl. girlishly adv. girlishness n. |
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Traditional English :: girlie
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girlishness.html - adj.
colloq. (of a magazine etc.) depicting nude or partially nude young women in erotic poses. |
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Traditional English :: girlish
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girlishness.html - adj. of or like a girl. girlishly adv. girlishness n. |
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English Idioms :: girl Friday
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girlishness.html - {n.} A very dependable and helpful female office worker; especially a secretary. * /Miss Johnson is the manager's girl Friday./ * /There was an advertisement in the newspaper for a girl Friday./ |
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English Idioms :: girl friend
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girlishness.html - {n.}, {informal} 1. A female friend or companion. * /Jane is spending the night at her girlfriend's house./ 2. A boy's steady girl; the girl or woman partner in a love affair; girl; sweetheart. * /John is taking his girl friend to the dance./ Contrast: BOYFRIEND. |
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Traditional English :: girl
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girlishness.html - n. 1 a female child or youth. 2 colloq. a young (esp. unmarried) woman. 3 colloq. a girlfriend or sweetheart. 4 a female servant. girlhood n. [ME gurle, girle, gerle, perh. rel. to LG gær child] |
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