old girln.

(in sense 1)Brit.

/ˌəʊl(d) ˈɡəːl/, U.S.

/ˌoʊl(d) ˈɡərl/ (in sense 2)Brit.

/ˈəʊl(d) ɡəːl/, U.S.

/ˈoʊl(d) ˌɡərl/

Forms: also with capital initials.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., girl n.

Etymology: < old adj. + girl n. Compare earlier old boy n., and also old dear n.

1. colloquial. Without necessarily connoting age: a woman, spec. one's mother or wife. Used either disrespectfully or (occasionally) as an endearing form of address. Similarly: a female animal, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun]

mothereOE

dame?c1225

merea1275

childbearera1382

genitricea1500

mammy1523

dama1547

mama1555

genetrix1561

mam1570

mum?1595

old lady1599

authoressc1603

mam1608

genitress1610

old woman1668

old girl1745

mummy1768

momma1810

madre1815

maw1826

ma1829

marm1835

mater1843

mom1846

mommy1846

maternal1867

motherkins1870

muvver1871

mumsy1876

mamacita1887

mutti1905

birth mother1906

duchess1909

amma1913

momsey1914

mums1915

moms1925

mata1945

baby-mother1966

mama1982

old dear1985

baby-mama1986

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > one's wife

peculiar1615

old woman1668

old girl1745

the Mrs1821

old lady1836

old Dutcha1889

duchess1909

ever-loving1939

her indoors1979

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator III. xvii. 275 Never was I so much amazed, as when, instead of the giddy, fluttering old Girl I was made to expect, I found myself received..by a Lady who..had nothing about her of the Decays of Time.

1794 Sporting Mag. Oct. 23/2 If the old girl's time has come, the nostrums of all the quacks in Christendom cannot save her.

1826 T. Creevey Let. 22 Aug. in J. Gore Creevey (1948) xvii. 266 The old girl has a jointure of £5,000 a year.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 137 ‘Cheer up old girl,’ said Tom, patting the bay mare on the neck... ‘Soho, old girl—gently—gently.’

1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. ii. 17 He called his mother ‘old girl’, too.

1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvii. 272 You know me. It's my old girl that advises.

1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 55 ‘Poor old girl,’ he said as he leg-roped her [sc. a cow].

1991 F. King Ant Colony (1992) xviii. 151 She had quarrelled with old Lady Petrie, so that when the old girl had finally kicked the bucket there was no mention of yours truly in the will.

2. A female former pupil of a school or college. Frequently attributive and in the genitive.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > former pupil

alumnus1800

alumna1843

old boy1857

man1866

old girl1875

1875 C. M. Yonge Let. 6 Apr. in C. R. Coleridge C. M. Yonge (1903) 262 Fifty-four mothers had tea in the school... So many are my own old girls.

1954 E. Jenkins Tortoise & Hare ix. 89 It was Old Girls' Week-end at her school.

1954 G. Smith Flaw in Crystal x. 95 One hears these things on the old-girl network.

1967 E. Lemarchand Death of Old Girl ix. 109 She said she might still be held up at some Old Girls' supper.

1992 Artpost Summer 17/3 I personally would like to see more of an old girls' network, a national network of mutual support.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	old girl
释义	old girln. (in sense 1)Brit. /ˌəʊl(d) ˈɡəːl/, U.S. /ˌoʊl(d) ˈɡərl/ (in sense 2)Brit. /ˈəʊl(d) ɡəːl/, U.S. /ˈoʊl(d) ˌɡərl/ Forms: also with capital initials. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: old adj., girl n. Etymology: < old adj. + girl n. Compare earlier old boy n., and also old dear n. 1. colloquial. Without necessarily connoting age: a woman, spec. one's mother or wife. Used either disrespectfully or (occasionally) as an endearing form of address. Similarly: a female animal, etc. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > mother > [noun] mothereOE dame?c1225 merea1275 childbearera1382 genitricea1500 mammy1523 dama1547 mama1555 genetrix1561 mam1570 mum?1595 old lady1599 authoressc1603 mam1608 genitress1610 old woman1668 old girl1745 mummy1768 momma1810 madre1815 maw1826 ma1829 marm1835 mater1843 mom1846 mommy1846 maternal1867 motherkins1870 muvver1871 mumsy1876 mamacita1887 mutti1905 birth mother1906 duchess1909 amma1913 momsey1914 mums1915 moms1925 mata1945 baby-mother1966 mama1982 old dear1985 baby-mama1986 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > married person > married woman > [noun] > wife > one's wife peculiar1615 old woman1668 old girl1745 the Mrs1821 old lady1836 old Dutcha1889 duchess1909 ever-loving1939 her indoors1979 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator III. xvii. 275 Never was I so much amazed, as when, instead of the giddy, fluttering old Girl I was made to expect, I found myself received..by a Lady who..had nothing about her of the Decays of Time. 1794 Sporting Mag. Oct. 23/2 If the old girl's time has come, the nostrums of all the quacks in Christendom cannot save her. 1826 T. Creevey Let. 22 Aug. in J. Gore Creevey (1948) xvii. 266 The old girl has a jointure of £5,000 a year. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) xiv. 137 ‘Cheer up old girl,’ said Tom, patting the bay mare on the neck... ‘Soho, old girl—gently—gently.’ 1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. ii. 17 He called his mother ‘old girl’, too. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxvii. 272 You know me. It's my old girl that advises. 1947 D. M. Davin Gorse blooms Pale 55 ‘Poor old girl,’ he said as he leg-roped her [sc. a cow]. 1991 F. King Ant Colony (1992) xviii. 151 She had quarrelled with old Lady Petrie, so that when the old girl had finally kicked the bucket there was no mention of yours truly in the will. 2. A female former pupil of a school or college. Frequently attributive and in the genitive. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > one attending school > [noun] > former pupil alumnus1800 alumna1843 old boy1857 man1866 old girl1875 1875 C. M. Yonge Let. 6 Apr. in C. R. Coleridge C. M. Yonge (1903) 262 Fifty-four mothers had tea in the school... So many are my own old girls. 1954 E. Jenkins Tortoise & Hare ix. 89 It was Old Girls' Week-end at her school. 1954 G. Smith Flaw in Crystal x. 95 One hears these things on the old-girl network. 1967 E. Lemarchand Death of Old Girl ix. 109 She said she might still be held up at some Old Girls' supper. 1992 Artpost Summer 17/3 I personally would like to see more of an old girls' network, a national network of mutual support. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1745
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