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girlie

or girl·y

[ gur-lee ]

/ ˈgɜr li /

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adjective Informal.

featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show; girlie magazines.

noun

Offensive. a term of address used for a girl or woman.

Nearby words

Origin of girlie

First recorded in 1940–45; girl + -ie

girly

[ gur-lee ]

/ ˈgɜr li /

adjective, noun, plural girl·ies.

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Examples from the Web for girlies

I should be quite satisfied if my girlies spoke as well as you do.
More about Pixie|Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
Hold tight to the girlies, Honora, and you'll come out all right.
The Precipice|Elia Wilkinson Peattie
O, no; little bits of girlies don't need it—do they, auntie?
Dotty Dimple Out West|Sophie May
I have been asking Mrs. Winthrop to join us to-night in our beach frolic--you girlies must urge her!
Keineth|Jane D. Abbott

Take them off now, girlies, said Mrs. Thurston, and get a pitcher of ice water.
The Automobile Girls Along the Hudson|Laura Dent Crane

British Dictionary definitions for girlies

girlie

girly

/ (ˈɡɜːlɪ) /

noun

a little girl

adjective

displaying or featuring nude or scantily dressed womena girlie magazine

suited to or designed to appeal to young womena girlie night out

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for girlies

girlie

adj.

"meant to titillate men," 1942, from girl.

girly

adj.

"girl-like," 1866, from girl + -y (2). Girly-girly (adj.) is recorded from 1883; as a noun, from 1882.

girly

n.

"little girl," 1866, (1860 as girlie), from girl + -y (3).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper