playgirl
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of playgirl
Example Sentences
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New York playgirl Holly Golightly puzzles a writer who lives in her building.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2020
Elvira de la Fuente Chaudoir, the playgirl daughter of a Peruvian diplomat, tended her elaborate coiffure, hung out in clubs and concocted fake conversations with eminent British military officers.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 25, 2012
Last week the social life of Christine Keeler, onetime waitress and fulltime playgirl, was all over the front pages of the British press.
From Time Magazine Archive
Victor Mature, from a bed in Hollywood's Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, announced the breakup of his eight-month marriage to Martha Stephenson Kemp, complained that she was a "playgirl."
From Time Magazine Archive
Julie Christie's stunning presence enhances this glittering tale of a jet-set playgirl who finds that the road to ruin leads straight to the top.
From Time Magazine Archive
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