gal Friday

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noun

Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. a woman who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.

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Origin of gal Friday

First recorded in 1955–60; modeled on man Friday

usage note for gal Friday

See girl.

Words nearby gal Friday

galerie house, Galerius, Galesburg, galette, gale warning, gal Friday, Galgal, Galibi, Galicia, Galician, Galilean

How to use gal Friday in a sentence

France 24's coverage of two developing hostage situations in Paris on Friday.
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On Friday, the story had looked like it might blow over as Buckingham Palace sought to dismiss it as a “civil case.”
Buckingham Palace Disputes Sex Allegations Against Prince ‘Randy Andy’|Tom Sykes|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The movie we went to that Friday night in 1953 was The Big Heat.
The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile|Robert Ward|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The Friday Night Lights television show featured characters talking of “Texas forever.”
Will Texas Stay Texan?|David Fontana|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Schiff told The Daily Beast that he was given a classified briefing about the Sony attack from the intelligence community Friday.
Obama Could Hit China to Punish North Korea|Shane Harris, Tim Mak|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
She's been hired out a spell in Jacksonville,—nuss to a little gal, and now she's gwine home.
The Cromptons|Mary J. Holmes
My sweet gal,” he said affably touching his cap, “is Capting Laidlaw within?
The Garret and the Garden|R.M. Ballantyne
There is a vast difference between memy condition, I meanand the gal and her mother.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
Keeps her gal in high school when shed ought to be in a store or a factory, earnin her keep.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison
I suggested that the gal pay the rent for December; itll be due in a day or two.
The Girls of Central High on the Stage|Gertrude W. Morrison