tomboy

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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

"I thought I was the tomboy, the only girl that played in the football team, then this little upstart popped up," Westbury tells BBC Sport.

From BBC • May 20, 2025

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

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

The two aging men saw her through her loneliest and most difficult hours, through the malignant limbo of turning from a howling tomboy into a young woman.

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee