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
A bachelor girl since her divorce from Actor Glenn Ford more than a year ago, Eleanor was spurred into her new burst of high stepping by Son Peter Ford, 16.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anne no longer enjoyed the life of a Hollywood bachelor girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
She had indeed changed from the shy and leggy little minx to this robust, ample-bosomed bachelor girl with the sorrows of the world on her shoulders and pity and courage warring in her resolute eyes.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
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