Essex girl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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"Essex is very much my personality - I call myself an Essex girl."
From BBC • Jan. 24, 2026
"I think I was invited to this role partly because I'm an Essex girl and that is an identity that has not been celebrated," she said.
From BBC • Jul. 20, 2023
Dr Terri Simpkin, a lecturer in leadership and corporate education at Anglia Ruskin University, said the term Essex girl was first recorded in 1892 but its modern connotations date from the late 1980s.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2017
"My version of being an Essex girl can be completely different to someone else's," she said.
From BBC • Mar. 8, 2017
As long as they stop calling me an Essex girl.
From The Guardian • Aug. 4, 2012
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