girly

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It has come to our notice that we have been concentrating too hard, on occasion, on the deluge of trailers for the girly-girly-girl films that have been flooding the cinemas.

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  • “Yes, those do appear to be either rats or mice on steroids,” I said briskly, trying not to shriek and climb the walls like a girly-girl. —  Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment
  • It mixes sound criticism with girly-girly chat and runs top-price serials alongside shorts that would bring a blush to the cheeks of Pegs Weekly . —  A Wreath for Rivera - also as Swing, Brother, Swing - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 15: 1949
  • And did I mention my five grandchildren, the oldest a college student, the second oldest a brain, the third the most carefree male in the world, the fourth the most girly-girly, (more so than her sister) and the last but not the least the fifth the most spoiled young man in the universe, who has two dimples that makes me smile and grateful I lived to see the day he was born. —  dowdellresearch/social media
  • You're a little girly, a little boyish, and probably a whole lot indie. —  Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories
  • (Sigh, I can be such a girly-girl!), a Native Eskimo, a wonderful father and loving husband ... blah, blah, blah (okay, she's got a right to be proud of her family). —  Telling Secrets
 

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