girl
girl - too subtle for slight evidence? the trouble is the boundaries of this are very unclear. Her specificity makes it seem clea-cut, but do you feel like calling a married seventeen year old "the girl next door"? Compare also use of _boy_ (sentimental) and _young man_, doing a heroic dee...
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| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/29538 |
| Summary: | girl - too subtle for slight evidence? the trouble is the boundaries of this are very unclear. Her specificity makes it seem clea-cut, but do you feel like calling a married seventeen year old "the girl next door"? Compare also use of _boy_ (sentimental) and _young man_, doing a heroic deed or robbing a bank commonly applied to all young unmarried women. Miss Miflen not in EDD, ADD IED 2 _Query_ (see over Used I and Sup Used I and Sup Queried (.) represents writiing that was indistinguishable on slip. although the slip says 'see over' there is nothing present on the back of the slip. |
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