(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
1.
A ~ is a female child.
...an eleven year old ~...
I must have been a horrid little ~.
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2.
You can refer to someone’s daughter as a ~.
We had a little ~.
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3.
Young women are often referred to as ~s. This use could cause offence.
...a pretty twenty-year old ~.
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4.
Some people refer to a man’s ~friend as his ~. (INFORMAL)
I’ve been with my ~ for nine years.
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