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- noun Plural form of
tomboy .
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Examples
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Boys have a better chance of health and strength, ' for they are allowed to romp and use their muscles in play-hours; whilst young ladies are called tomboys if they move their poor legs faster than a walk.
Physiology textbook for Dah Ladeez Professor in Training 2009
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Now I have always loved the idea of tomboys — wild, brave, and aggressive girls.
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Now I have always loved the idea of tomboys — wild, brave, and aggressive girls.
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But some don't, and though I'm just guessing, I bet a lot of "tomboys" will be sad to have the change, and feel once again like they just don't fit in.
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And why is it ok for little girls to be "tomboys" but not ok in the reverse?
Third-grade boy wants to go to school dressed and treated as a girl. Ann Althouse 2008
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And why is it ok for little girls to be "tomboys" but not ok in the reverse?
Third-grade boy wants to go to school dressed and treated as a girl. Ann Althouse 2008
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In the past ten years girls esp. 'tomboys'have gone from climbing trees in dungarees and coming home with scuffed knees and a carrier bag full of conkers to worrying about what they should do with that one stray hair and the fact that the pretty girl had her hair dyed last week.
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This isn't about "tomboys" or fairies tough girls or gaywad boys.
So your 5-year-old boy wants to dress like a girl.... Ann Althouse 2006
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We were soul mates, two misunderstood tomboys trying to navigate through the confusing world of our youth -- no longer little kids, yet nowhere near old enough to sit at the grown-up table.
Lisa Yee: When Writing Becomes Real Lisa Yee 2011
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We were soul mates, two misunderstood tomboys trying to navigate through the confusing world of our youth -- no longer little kids, yet nowhere near old enough to sit at the grown-up table.
Lisa Yee: When Writing Becomes Real Lisa Yee 2011
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