playgirl

American  

[pley-gurl] / ˈpleɪˌgɜrl /

noun

1. a woman who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.

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Etymology

Origin of playgirl

First recorded in 1930–35; play + girl

Example Sentences

New York playgirl Holly Golightly puzzles a writer who lives in her building.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2020

Elvira de la Fuente Chaudoir, the playgirl daughter of a Peruvian diplomat, tended her elaborate coiffure, hung out in clubs and concocted fake conversations with eminent British military officers.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2012

Director John Schlesinger views the jet set through a glass brightly, focusing mainly on Julie Christie's shimmering performance as a go-go playgirl who finds scruples a handicap for big-league fun-and-games.

From Time Magazine Archive

Victor Mature, from a bed in Hollywood's Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, announced the breakup of his eight-month marriage to Martha Stephenson Kemp, complained that she was a "playgirl."

From Time Magazine Archive

Julie Christie is the apotheosis of trumped-up celebrity as a kooky, easy jet-set playgirl whose every misstep helps in the social climb.

From Time Magazine Archive