stepgirl

plural stepgirls

1. informalrareA stepdaughter, especially one who is a girl.

   Now, the three stepgirls and their brother call once in a while, maybe drop by if they need a babysitter.

   2003, Janice Daugharty, “You’re No Angel Yourself”, in Hugh Ruppersburg, editor, After O’Connor: Stories from Contemporary Georgia, Athens, Ga.: University of Georgia Press, →ISBN, page 59

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   Kei knew that the stepgirls saw her as a worrywart, that when it came to having fun, they had written her off as a lost cause.

   2003, Mako Yoshikawa, “New Jersey, 1974–82”, in Once Removed, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Books, →ISBN, pages 67–68

   “[…] What are her little stepgirls like?” Anne told her how Laura had come to the cabin with the two girls, Clara and Maria.

   2013, Gloria Whelan, “Keeping Your Place”, in Living Together: Short Stories and a Novella (Made in Michigan Writers Series), Detroit, Mich.: Wayne State University Press, →ISBN, pages 267–268