girl friend
girl friend noun: a female friend. Also the alternative form of girlfriend.
Noun
girl friend (plural girl friends)
- A female friend.
- VELMA: My best girl friend is a Mexican girl. Every time I go up on the second floor where the Negroes hang out and I'm with this girl, they're always saying things like, "Hey girl, you're out of your place with her." Well, I don't listen to them at all.1971, Frank A. Petroni, Ernest A. Hirsch, Two, four, six, eight, when you gonna integrate?, page 192
- He is not deeply worried about dope, because he trusts Sharon, knows she is sensible; that she tried cigarettes with her girl friends because at thirteen she wouldn't think of death […]1980, Andre Dubus, Finding a Girl in America, page 157
Also used as
girl friend is also the alternative form of girlfriend.
Examples of girl friend in a sentence
- Then, the lady explained that her husband often talked to his girl friend about her.2013, Beatrice Labissiere, The Evil Land: Nehemiah:
- Remember that the way you may not be liked by your girl friend, you might think the girl who is close to your girlfriend.2015, Strange Facts About Ways to Propose, Lulu Press Inc:
Forms of girl friend
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Questions about girl friend
- What does girl friend mean?
- Girl friend means a female friend.
- How do you use girl friend in a sentence?
- Then, the lady explained that her husband often talked to his girl friend about her.
- What part of speech is girl friend?
- Girl friend is a noun.
- What is the plural of girl friend?
- The plural of girl friend is girl friends.
Words near girl friend in the dictionary
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