tomboy
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Etymology[edit]
First attested in 1553 when it originally meant a “boisterous boy”, later in 1579 when it came to mean an “immodest woman”, and then finally in 1592 it developed its modern meaning of a “girl who acts like a boy”; from Tom, familiar form of Thomas + boy, “male child”.
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Noun[edit]
tomboy (plural tomboys)
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girl who acts as a typical boy would
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Tagalog[edit]
Etymology[edit]
English tomboy.
Noun[edit]
tomboy
- (colloquial) A boyish girl.
- (colloquial) Lesbian.
