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girl Friday|ˌgɜːl ˈfraɪdɪ|
Also Girl Friday.
[After the man Friday in Defoe's Robinson Crusoe: cf. man n.1 10 a.]
A resourceful young woman assistant (to a man).
1940Time 10 June 66/3 Irna is assisted in her work by two secretaries and a pair of literary Girl Fridays. 1940Times 29 July 6/7 (Advt.), Cary Grant, Rosalind Russell in His Girl Friday. 1951C. W. Mills White Collar p. x, There are a dozen kinds of social engineers and mechanical technicians, a multitude of girl Fridays. 1958Woman 5 July 19/1 What's it like to be Girl Friday to a Very Important Person? 1967Times 5 Apr. 25/6 (Advt.), Secretary/Girl Friday required for principal of professional firm in Mayfair. 1971Petticoat 17 July 38/1 They could be earning several pounds more, as Girl Fridays, personal assistants or private secretaries to rising executives. |