girleen

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Ireland/ɡəɹˈliːn/UK/ˈɡəːliːn/UK/ɡəːˈliːn/

noun

A young woman, a girl.

First used 19th c.Scrabble 8
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Meanings

noungirleen (plural girleens)

plural girleens

  1. IrelandA young woman, a girl.First known use 19th c.

    They see us shout girleens, girleens! Decide they're coming down to sit by us in our hidey hole.

    2013, Eimear McBride, A Girl is a Half-formed Thing, Faber & Faber, published 2014, page 67

Origin

From girl + -een.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

reeling
Cite this entry
APA

girleen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girleen

MLA

“girleen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girleen. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “girleen,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/girleen.

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