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Daisy Buchanan

Daisy Buchanan noun: a woman or girl perceived in an idealized and unrealistic way, especially by the males around her; a naive, careless and beautiful woman.

Noun

Daisy Buchanan (plural Daisy Buchanans)

  1. A woman or girl perceived in an idealized and unrealistic way, especially by the males around her; a naive, careless and beautiful woman.
    • Daisy Buchanan meets David Duke2008, Zoey Dean, Girls on Film, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
    • What should have been a victory lap became an agony, not only because he came face-to-face with the tragic inevitability that Shelley would always remain the Daisy Buchanan of his misspent youth, but because he realized that the condition of his return relied on the tacit expectation that he...2015, Aidan Levy, Dirty Blvd.: The Life and Music of Lou Reed, Chicago Review Press, page 167

Examples of Daisy Buchanan in a sentence

  • And it dawned on me that the Daisy Buchanan of my youth was taking charge of her father's empire.2012, Norb Vonnegut, The Trust, St. Martin's Press, page 93:
  • Ellis focuses upon the spectrum opposite that of Vollmann: young, wealthy, careless, emotionally deficient Americans (the Tom and Daisy Buchanans of the late twentieth century).2015, Daniel Grassian, Hybrid Fictions: American Literature and Generation X, McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, page 27:

Forms of Daisy Buchanan

pluralDaisy Buchanans

Origin of Daisy Buchanan

From the character of the novel The Great Gatsby.

Questions about Daisy Buchanan

What does Daisy Buchanan mean?
Daisy Buchanan means a woman or girl perceived in an idealized and unrealistic way, especially by the males around her; a naive, careless and beautiful woman.
How do you use Daisy Buchanan in a sentence?
And it dawned on me that the Daisy Buchanan of my youth was taking charge of her father's empire.
What part of speech is Daisy Buchanan?
Daisy Buchanan is a noun.
What is the plural of Daisy Buchanan?
The plural of Daisy Buchanan is Daisy Buchanans.

Words near Daisy Buchanan in the dictionary

  1. daisies
  2. daisugi
  3. Daisuke
  4. daisy
  5. Daisy Bank
  6. Daisy Buchanan
  7. daisy bush
  8. daisy chain
  9. daisy chained
  10. daisy chaining
  11. daisy chains

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