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:

    You’re his girl and he’s your feller
    And all the rest is “talk.”
    Oscar Hammerstein II (1895–1960)

    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)

    Science is science, but a girl must get her hair done.
    —Robert M. Fresco. Jack Arnold. Stephanie “Steve” Clayton (Mara Corday)