Girl

Girl

A girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.

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Famous quotes containing the word girl:

    “Miss Caswell: Now there’s something a girl could make sacrifices for.
    Bill: And probably has.
    Miss Caswell: Sable.
    Max: Sable? Did she say sable or Gable?
    Miss Caswell: Either one.”
    —Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1909–1993)

    “Sebastian: When we’re up in the air, I fall more and more in love. You too, no?
    Holly: No!
    Sebastian: Oh, a girl may say no, but the woman in her means yes.”
    —Fredric M. Frank (1911–1977)

    “It’s my old girl that advises. She has the head. But I never own to it before her. Discipline must be maintained.”
    —Charles Dickens (1812–1870)