Girldom

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being a girl; girlhood. uncountable

    "[…] I embodied the sugar-and-spice nursery-rhyme image of girldom. I had the long golden Heidi braids, a toy chest overflowing with Mattel paraphernalia […]"

  2. 2
    The world or sphere of girls. uncountable

    "If I were about to marry, I should try it; that is, if I were a student of girldom with a view to wedlock for in truth, I am a marrying man."

Example

More examples

"[…] I embodied the sugar-and-spice nursery-rhyme image of girldom. I had the long golden Heidi braids, a toy chest overflowing with Mattel paraphernalia […]"

Etymology

From girl + -dom.

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