land girl
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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A 102-year-old woman who served as a land girl during World War Two has recalled the betrayal she felt when letters from her sweetheart were kept from her by a disapproving mother.
From BBC • Nov. 11, 2024
Naturally the two ladies were dressed as an ARP warden and land girl.
From BBC • Jan. 25, 2015
Thora Hird's performance as the stout-hearted land girl seeing off the Nazis is a joy, as is the infant Harry Fowler, playing the Just-William-ish lad who has a role to play in defending these islands.
From The Guardian • Jul. 8, 2010
If she dropped her end she would simply leave, gather her things from her room into her suitcase, and go to Scotland and work as a land girl.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
I had intended to become a land girl, a postwoman, and a bus conductress by way of rounding off my career—but the Armistice intervened!
From Secret Adversary by Christie, Agatha
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