office girl

American  

noun

1. a girl or young woman employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.

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Example Sentences

He asked me which role I wanted and I said the post office girl.

From New York Times

The novel’s protagonist, an office girl in a company that makes hosiery, lives at home with her middlebrow parents.

From New York Times

In her home office, “Girl With a Bamboo Earring” by Awol Erizku, who photographed Beyoncé’s most recent pregnancy, hangs on the wall.

From New York Times

Starring David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike, “A United Kingdom” tells the tale of Seretse Khama, his people’s last king and first democratically elected president, and the London office girl he dared to love.

From Washington Post

The daughter of a railroad mechanic, Ms. Nishio grew up in a Japan ravaged by World War II. Unable to afford college, she went to work as a self-described “office girl.”

From New York Times

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