gal paln.
/ˈɡal pal/, U.S. /ˈɡæl ˌpæl/ colloquial (originally U.S.).
A female friend; a girlfriend.
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > [noun] > friend > female friend
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1934 Los Angeles Times 7 Feb. ii. 9/4 Una Merkel staging a lonely wives party for her gal pals.
1977 Washington Post (Nexis) 7 Mar. b8 Three gal pals who might have been characters in a '30s musical.
1997 K. Morris in D. Snowden Make Music go Bang! 64 Very rarely was there any trouble—a spilled drink or two.., or some studly crud trying to put the make on some other creep's gal pal.
2005 Hotdog Dec. 126/1 A gang of gal pals look to overcome a recent tragedy in the life of one of their number by going cave diving.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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