bachelor girl
Americannoun
noun
Sensitive Note
See girl.
Etymology
Origin of bachelor girl
First recorded in 1890–95
Example Sentences
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Within a decade she was “Gloria-Steinem-the-antiwar-gorgeous- bachelor girl who was pictured with Henry Kissinger in Time and Life…,” according to a breathless 1970 account in the Los Angeles Times.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
Even the clumsiest bachelor girl can sew professional-looking draperies with the aid of pre-pleating devices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anne no longer enjoyed the life of a Hollywood bachelor girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
A slight, trim, brunette bachelor girl, Bridget Riley is now a Jill-of-all-trades in the London office of the advertising empire of J. Walter Thompson.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Bachelor Girl The bachelor girl is usually a worker; she is generally either earning her living or studying to acquire the means of earning her living.
From Etiquette by Emily Post
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