old-girl network

[ ohld-gurl ]

/ ˈoʊldˈgɜrl /

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noun

an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.

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Origin of old-girl network

First recorded in 1950–55

Words nearby old-girl network

Old Franconian, Old French, Old Frisian, old fustic, old girl, old-girl network, Old Glory, old goat, old gold, old growth, Old Guard

How to use old-girl network in a sentence

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It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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To borrow an old right-wing talking point, these people are angry no matter what we do.
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Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
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He plays an aging punk rocker and I play the drummer from his old band.
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Davy looked around and saw an old man coming toward them across the lawn.
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His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
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Old Mrs. Wurzel and the buxom but not too well-favoured heiress of the house of Grains were at the head of the table.
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Vicars' wives had come and gone, but all had submitted, some after a brief struggle, to old Mrs. Wurzel's sway.
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Was he really condemned to an eternal solitude because of the girl who had died so many years ago?
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