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单词 playgirl
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playgirln.

Brit. /ˈpleɪɡəːl/, U.S. /ˈpleɪˌɡərl/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: play n., girl n.
Etymology: < play n. + girl n. With sense 1 compare earlier play-actress n. and playboy n. 1. In sense 2 after playboy n. 2 (with quot. 1916 at sense 2 compare quot. 1907 at playboy n. 2).
colloquial (originally North American).
1. An actress. Now rare.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > actor > [noun] > actress
player-girl1596
actress1608
stageress1633
play-actress1818
playeress1830
impersonatrix1834
playgirl1854
impersonatress1871
actress-manageress1888
playwoman1889
actorine1892
1854 J. E. Cooke Virginia Comedians I. xx. 117 I believe that that young play-girl has something to do with the matter.
1908 Times 3 June 15/4 The wedding presents included..flower stand, Guild of Play Girls, Camberwell,..and silver flower vase, the Bishop of Bombay.
2. A girl or woman who devotes her life to the pursuit of pleasure. Also in extended use. Cf. playboy n.
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society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > [noun] > person > female
skit?1571
Messalina1575
brisk1689
dasher1807
femme du monde1849
playgirl1916
1916 W. Meynell Who goes There? ii. 47 (title) The playgirl of the western world. That's one of our Canadian men's variety names for our venerable England.
1917 Washington Post 7 Jan. (Mag.) 1/1 You have always seen her in Paris, but there the ‘play-girl’ has more intelligence.
1935 Mademoiselle May 15 Just trick yourself out in your wildest clothes and turn playgirl for one evening.
1964 Punch 8 Jan. 66/3 A rich American playgirl.
1995 Sun 26 Apr. 17/5 Contrary to her playgirl public image, Julie spends most evenings quietly learning her lines at home.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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