单词 | business girl |
释义 | > as lemmasbusiness girl business girl n. (a) a woman or girl who works in business (now somewhat archaic); (b) colloquial and euphemistic (originally U.S.) a prostitute; = working girl n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > businessman > [noun] > girl or woman woman of business1677 conductress1760 businesswoman1827 business girl1840 1840 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 15 Feb. 1/3 She is a smart business girl. 1918 M. Allerton Business Girl i. 3 She gave a quick glance round the little cubby hole which represented the pride of the business girl—a room of her own. 1964 R. Crane Sergeant & Queen 52 There, she could be artfully blended with ‘business girls’, with the prostitutes who flourished outside the..command post. 1987 J. Stevens Taking Revol. Home ii. 67 The aims of the [Modern Women's] club were to provide a rest-room and meeting place..for ‘business girls’. 2000 W. E. B. Griffin Secret Honor iv. 357 ‘You think they're whores?’ ‘I would say there is a very strong probability that two young women sitting in a hotel bar smiling at two obvious foreigners are business girls.’ < as lemmas |
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