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tomboy

[tom-boi] / ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ /
NOUN
boyish girl
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Da Brat said she had been fortunate to have the producer Jermaine Dupri as a mentor who never tried to change her tomboy image during the height of her career.

From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2024

Ever the curious tomboy, I asked, “Is that an old temple?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 14, 2023

But I always felt a particular closeness to Queen Latifah, maybe because she's from Jersey and I'm from Philly, but also because I was a tomboy when I was young.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2023

He felt like saying aloud what was going on would lock his whole family into a future—solidify that, no, his kid was not just a tomboy, and this was not just a phase.

From Slate ● Jun. 16, 2023

Mother claims I have the manners of a wild animal myself, as I am a tomboy, but I never fail to be respectful of my father’s garden.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

Born 10 years earlier, we would have been called tomboys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026

The sisters, who were "tomboys from the time we were little kids", were "constantly reminded we don't fit in," says Alisa.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2023

Next, they discuss tomboys, jumping off of a recent New York Times op-ed.

From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2020

Growing up in Northern California’s Grass Valley, Streicher and her sisters were self-described tomboys who never spent that long getting ready.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 19, 2019

I know he's going to be great fun, only I'm afraid he'll think we are hopeless tomboys.

From In Blue Creek Cañon by Anna Chapin Ray


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