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bachelorette|bætʃələˈrɛt|
[f. bachelor + -ette.]
a. = bachelor girl s.v. bachelor 6. orig. and chiefly Canad.
[1935Amer. Speech X. 315 The Bachelorettes is the self-explanatory name of a feminine social club in a western city.] 1965Saturday Night (Toronto) Nov. 35 Articles now..describe the delights open to the ‘bachelorette’ who has left her family and is in no hurry to get married. 1972Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 12 Feb. 24/6 Why wasn't he dancing? ‘We ran out of eligible young bachelorettes.’ 1975Globe & Mail (Toronto) 19 Aug. 10/5 Most of those I've done have been bachelorette parties. 1982Sunday Sun-Times (Chicago) 8 Aug. Living 3 A feature story on the bachelorette's party that ran in the Sun-Times Living pages.
b. A flat or apartment for a bachelor girl. Canad.
1973Globe & Mail (Toronto) 3 Mar. 51 Rooms to Let... A beautiful bachelorette & rooms, Bloor-Spadina area. 1978Ibid. 10 Oct. 8/1 Builders of illegal bachelorettes. |