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:

    “Listen, Ange, I’ve been looking for a girl every Saturday night of my life. I’m 34 years old, I’m just tired that’s all.”
    —Paddy Chayefsky (1923–1981)

    “We say that a girl with her doll anticipates the mother. It is more true, perhaps, that most mothers are still but children with playthings.”
    —F.H. (Francis Herbert)

    “Rosalind. There’s a girl goes before the priest, and
    certainly a woman’s thought runs before her actions.
    Orlando. So do all thoughts, they are winged.”
    —William Shakespeare (1564–1616)