1891 Mountain Democrat (Placerville, Calif.) 5 Sept. Port Huron is said to have a girlcott—i.e. the marriageable young women have combined against the boys. The girlcott will end by the girls getting married.

1966 Times 14 Nov. 11/2 Housewives have been banding together—in a grand girlcott as it has been called—to picket stores that offer trading stamps and other inducements to buy that seem to bear no relation to the price or quality of the goods.

2006 National NOW Times Fall 2/1 We were inspired by the Pittsburgh high schoolers..who had grabbed headlines and kudos last fall with their ‘girlcott’ of insulting t-shirts made by clothier Abercrombie & Fitch.

1884 Argus (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 3 Apr. 3/7 The young women..have resolved to girlcott any young man that smokes or goes out of the theatre between acts.

1943 Kingsport (Tennessee) News 12 July The Cabinet wives girlcotted Peggy and lobbied at Jackson until the Secretary was forced to resign.

1987 K. Lette Girls' Night Out (1989) 215 Julia wears no make-up, always meets her journalistic deadlines, girl-cotts products from South Africa.

2001 F. Popcorn & A. Hanft Dict. Future 192 Female tennis players have considered, but have not yet girlcotted, Grand Slam events that award more prize money to men.