jill
noun
a girl or young woman.
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jill
1 American
[jil]
/ dʒɪl /
noun
(sometimes initial capital letter)
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a girl or young woman.
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a sweetheart.
Jill
2
American
[jil]
/ dʒɪl /
noun
jill
British
/ dʒɪl /
noun
Etymology
Origin of jill
Generic use of Jill
Example Sentences
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Organized by jill moniz, the exhibition looks at the ways in which metalwork has been integral to the work of black L.A. artists.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2019
Inspired by Saar’s adept use of materials, curator jill moniz brings together work by female sculptors in a separate gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2018
Inspired by Saar’s adept use of materials, curator jill moniz brings together work by women sculptors in a separate gallery.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
A jill of all trades whose life and loves mirror their century?
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2013
Take four whites and two yolks of eggs, a pint of cream, a little flour, a nutmeg grated, a little salt, and a jill of cockles, mix all together, and fry it brown.
From English Housewifery Exemplified in above Four Hundred and Fifty Receipts Giving Directions for most Parts of Cookery by Elizabeth Moxon
Four years later in 2024, Harris earned only 20 percent, while Trump received 21 percent and third-party candidate Jill Stein notched 53 percent.
From Slate ● Nov. 2, 2026
Jill Kenning experiences constant pain in her eye, which she compared to being "stabbed with a hot poker"
From BBC ● Oct. 28, 2026
Faculty have included historian Jill Lepore and novelist and critic Namwali Serpell.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
Years later, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s investigators submitted the remains for further DNA analyses, which confirmed the body was Jill Maiorca, reported missing in Big Bear Lake in 2007.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 24, 2026
“She’s meant to look natural, like a savage- type person. Jill of the Jungle, we called her.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
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