best girl

English

Alternative forms

• best gal (girlfriend sense only)

Noun

best girl (plural best girls)

1. (dated) One's girlfriend.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

     Soon, you might think, a lone figure dressed in tails and a top-hat — Fred Astaire, or maybe Gene Kelly — would appear and dance his way from one of those spots to the next, singing about how lonely a fellow could be when his best girl had given him the air and all the bars were closed.

2. (film production) A woman who performs the duties of a best boy.

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• gilberts