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Camp Fire Girl

American  

noun

  1. a girl who is a member of Camp Fire, formerly Camp Fire Boys and Girls of America, a national organization of young people with the aim of building self-esteem, promoting a healthy lifestyle, developing character, and teaching leadership skills.


Etymology

Origin of Camp Fire Girl

First recorded in 1910–15

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Joseph Krenwinkel, 59, a stocky life insurance agent from Inglewood, described his daughter as a gentle child who loved animals, was once a Camp Fire Girl, sang in church choirs and attended summer Bible school.

From Time Magazine Archive

Jane Van Houten told much the same story about her daughter Leslie, a Camp Fire Girl, who took up the sousaphone in the sixth grade, was a homecoming princess at Monrovia High School.

From Time Magazine Archive

It may belong only to a Camp Fire Girl.

From How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl by Irene Elliott Benson

Since I have become a Camp Fire Girl I have learned that the true nobility is not of birth but of worth, and there should be no other in any country.

From The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit Or, over the Top with the Winnebagos by Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude) Frey

Ethel was overjoyed that permission had been obtained to allow her to become a Camp Fire Girl.

From How Ethel Hollister Became a Campfire Girl by Irene Elliott Benson

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