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gal

Today it means: A young woman or girl; generally a form of rural Southern slang. Full definition →

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gal · noun¹

From gallon.

gal · noun²

From a dialectal pronunciation of girl, attested since 1795; compare gell, g'hal.

gal · noun³

Shortened from galileo.

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