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matchgirls

matchgirls is the plural of matchgirl.

Meaning of matchgirl

Noun

matchgirl (plural matchgirls)

  1. (historical) A girl who sold matches on the streets.

Questions about matchgirls

What is matchgirls the plural of?
Matchgirls is the plural of matchgirl.

Words near matchgirls in the dictionary

  1. matchflare
  2. matchflares
  3. matchgate
  4. matchgates
  5. matchgirl
  6. matchgirls
  7. matchhead
  8. matchheads
  9. matchiness
  10. matching
  11. matching beat for beat

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Adapted from Wiktionary: matchgirls (page history and authors); matchgirl (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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