beachgirl en · NOUN
Etymology
From beach + girl.
Meanings
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An attractive girl who spends a lot of time at the beach.
Nothing is more admired locally than the nut-brown beachgirl.
1991, Gillian Boddy, Jacqueline D. Matthews, Disputed Ground: Robin Hyde, Journalist, →ISBN, page 182:Del's wife, Gloria, was a slim blonde, getting on into middle age, but tan as a beachgirl.
2004, Vincent Bugliosi, Till Death Us Do Part: A True Murder Mystery, →ISBN, page 87:Newspaper artists gave their impressions of how she'd look today, fleshing out her bones with a beachgirl's curves.
2006, Robert Drewe, Grace, →ISBN:'Very nice,' I said appreciatively, glancing at her glowing beachgirl face, green eyes, sandy hair held back with a clip.
1978, Miranda Miller, Under the Rainbow, page 146:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beach-girl | alternative | lexicographic | |
| beach girl | alternative | lexicographic | |
| beachgirls | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
fi rantatyttö (girl who spends a lot of time at the beach)