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▪ I. girlie, n.|ˈgɜːlɪ| [f. girl n. + -ie, -y4: cf. birdie.] A little girl. (A term of endearment.)
1860Artist & Craftsm. 433 The little half-clad girlies ran off to hide themselves. 1877Princess Alice 28 July in Mem. (1884) 357 The two little girlies are so sweet. 1894Doyle S. Holmes 52 She is my own dear little girlie. ▪ II. girlie, a. colloq.|ˈgɜːlɪ| [f. girl n. + -ie; cf. girlie; girly a.] Denoting a publication, entertainment, etc., featuring young women, esp. scantily clothed or in the nude.
1942H. Felsen He's in Submarines Now 65 Being rather partial to girlie pictures. 1950N.Y. Times 9 July ii. 1/1 Mr. Todd..has produced a colossal spectacle and girlie show. 1952B. Malamud Natural 104 It's a night club with a nice girlie show. 1953Books Mar. 38/2 The only purpose of the ‘girlie’ magazine..was ‘pictorial prostitution’. 1959Encounter Jan. 94/1 The picture magazines known to the trade as ‘girlie books’. 1969V. Gielgud Necessary End v. 44 The barman, completely absorbed in the pages of a ‘girlie’ magazine. 1970G. Greer Female Eunuch 35 Buttock fetishism is comparatively rare in our culture, although Kenneth Tynan did write a connoisseur article for a girlie mag..not so long ago. 1970C. Whitman Death out of Focus vii. 92 All I printed for Forley were the usual girlie pictures. |