Definitions

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  • noun A girl who sold matches on the streets.

Etymologies

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match +‎ girl

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Examples

  • LIT - matchgirl stickman poem and mstan asked kristi what it is meant by the 'fire'. mstan went ohhh in that suggestive way when kristi said 'means uhh TURNED ON'.

    ianthopia Diary Entry ianthopia 2007

  • And Bush, as Jon Stewart said, was a cockney matchgirl.

    American Coastopia! 2004

  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site; Jude in WV; ..

    Latest Articles 2010

  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site; Jude in WV; ..

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  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site; Jude in WV; ..

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  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site; Jude in WV; ..

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  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site;

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  • Olinda, the matchgirl, risks her life to save others through unspoken words - until she and her 300 co-workers are summarily sacked from the factory, their union banned.

    Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed 2010

  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site; Jude in WV; ..

    Latest Articles 2010

  • To: All; tutstar; Hiskid; Jo Nuvark; Prov3456; pollywog; matchgirl; left that other site; Jude in WV; ..

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