playgirl

American  

[pley-gurl] / ˈpleɪˌgɜrl /

noun

1. a woman who pursues a life of pleasure without responsibility or attachments, especially one who is of comfortable means.

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Etymology

Origin of playgirl

First recorded in 1930–35; play + girl

Example Sentences

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

To focus only on Margaret's behavior as an errant playgirl in the early decades of her life without further examining her full career reeks of tabloid journalism.

From Time Magazine Archive

Director John Schlesinger views the jet set through a glass brightly, focusing mainly on Julie Christie's shimmering performance as a go-go playgirl who finds scruples a handicap for big-league fun-and-games.

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