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tomboy

[tom-boi] / ˈtɒmˌbɔɪ /
NOUN
boyish girl
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Tracye, who describes herself as the tomboy of the group, reminisces on being dressed as what she calls a little jester one year.

From Los Angeles Times May 7, 2026

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

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

So, I always considered myself a tomboy, but I still like to dress up and be sparkly with rhinestones and glitter and fringe and all that kind of stuff.

From Seattle Times Oct. 5, 2023

Underneath, she was more like a rebel, a tomboy.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana

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

But we shouldn’t let the old-school tomboys in pop culture fade away in the process.

From New York Times Feb. 11, 2020

Surely her Laura was not in the least like these Western tomboys!

From The Ranch Girls at Rainbow Lodge The Ranch Girls Series by Vandercook, Margaret




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