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- noun nonstandard The state or condition of being a
girl ;femininity ,girlhood .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The struggles of a girl to rise above her girlness is a common trope in fantasy books--since it's a real-life issue that many girls still face today, alas, that's not surprising.
Archive 2007-06-01 tanita davis 2007
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The struggles of a girl to rise above her girlness is a common trope in fantasy books--since it's a real-life issue that many girls still face today, alas, that's not surprising.
The WritingYA Weblog: Summer Blog Blast Tour: Ysabeau Wilce! tanita davis 2007
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As a kid, I was a tomboy, and so spent most of my time ashamed of and denying my "girlness".
The Vagina Dialogues 2006
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“Those girls have such a strict code of mean girlness that I can only hope Aly can move away from all that when she goes to college.”
Sabotage Surrender Sabotage Mystery Trilogy 2011
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“Those girls have such a strict code of mean girlness that I can only hope Aly can move away from all that when she goes to college.”
Sabotage Surrender Sabotage Mystery Trilogy 2011
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Of course, the humidity took some of the pin-up girlness out of it before I got here, but I still love it.
The New Do princessalethea 2010
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I lay beside her as she flickered in and out of sleep for some time, patting me, telling me I was "so nice," claiming to still behaving the bad dream, and at on point, asking if I was going to my room now in a tiny-girl voice mixed with a tone of resigned big-girlness.
Archive 2008-06-01 kittenpie 2008
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I lay beside her as she flickered in and out of sleep for some time, patting me, telling me I was "so nice," claiming to still behaving the bad dream, and at on point, asking if I was going to my room now in a tiny-girl voice mixed with a tone of resigned big-girlness.
On The Night Shift kittenpie 2008
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Imagine what it must feel like feeling all girly and cute and smart on the inside and seeing media images everywhere that describes acceptable girlness as having long, flowing hair.
Deborah Douglas: About That Piece on Transracial Adoptions in the New York Times... 2009
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Sometimes you stop for a moment to soak up the little girlness that surrounds you.
Sometimes Holly 2009
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