gal Friday
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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“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
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
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