filletten.
/fijɛt/ A young girl.
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maidenOE
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maidenkinc1330
child-womana1382
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pucelle1439
maidkin1440
mawther1440
mop1466
woman-child?1515
bonnea1529
urchina1535
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vriester1652
miss1668
gilpie1720
lassie1725
laddess1768
jeune fillea1777
bitch1785
girly?1786
gal1795
ladyling1807
missikin1815
colleen1828
girleen1833
snowdrop1833
pinafore1836
chica1843
fillette1847
charity-girl1848
urchiness1852
Mädchen1854
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pusill1884
backfisch1888
girly-girly1888
cliner1895
tittie1918
weeny1929
bobby-soxer1944
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre I. xv. 288 Unluckily the Varens..had given me this fillette Adèle.
1888 Mrs. H. Ward Robert Elsmere I. i. iii. 77 A fillette, unformed, inexperienced.
1928 C. A. Nicholson Hell & Duchess i. v. 94 As for your fillette, she is quite charming.
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