Sunday girl

noun

girlfriend

“Are you taking your Sunday girl to the dance?”

First used 1884

Meanings

nounSunday girl (plural Sunday girls)

plural Sunday girls

  1. USobsoleteslanggirlfriendFirst known use 1884

    Are you taking your Sunday girl to the dance?

    3 more examples

    Just as one is rounded, too late to entirely avoid it, is seen exactly at the turn a single chaise containing a youth and his Sunday girl.

    1884, Edwin A. Frear, From Pier 39

    In twenty-four hours the pot had filled to three dollars, and Charlie, who was going to town to see his Sunday girl, was delegated to subscribe to “some good newspaper.”

    1960, Arizona and the West

    I've been waiting A long time now Now here's the answer You're all mine now Yeah, I've been waiting for my Sunday girl

    1999, “Down”, in No. 4, performed by Stone Temple Pilots
Cite this entry
APA

Sunday girl. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20girl

MLA

“Sunday girl.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20girl. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Sunday girl,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Sunday%20girl.

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