| 单词 | roaring girl |
| 释义 | > as lemmasroaring girl roaring girl n. the female counterpart of a roaring boy; a noisy, bawdy, or riotous woman or girl, esp. one who takes on a masculine role.In later use after Middleton and Dekker (quot. 1611). ΚΠ 1611 T. Middleton & T. Dekker (title) The roaring girle: or Moll Cutpurse. 1822 Blighted Ambition II. 306 Trust me before Candlemas, your Ladyship's maligners whew not at the children's action, nor whistle at the roaring girls. a1963 T. Roethke Coll. Poems (1975) 264 I'm a roaring girl, an expensive wench. 1997 Independent 12 Mar. i. 17/7 Madonna..also popularised what one commentator styles the ‘roaring girl’ feminism. 2004 T. A. King Gendering of Men (2008) ii. 204 Roaring girls wore men's clothing; were adept at fighting, swearing, and smoking; and worked as prostitutes, bawds, cutpurses, and tavern hostesses. < as lemmas |
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