flower girl
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- noun
- /ˈflaʊər ɡɜrl/
- Archaic
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vendedora de flores
- Every Saturday, the flower girl sells colorful bouquets from her small stall on the street corner.
Examples
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The flower girl offered me a bouquet of fresh roses as I passed by the station.
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The flower girl smiled at the passing customers.
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A young flower girl stood in the rain, hoping to sell her last handful of daisies.
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In Victorian London, flower girls were a common sight on busy street corners.
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I saw a flower girl selling roses on the street.
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The flower girl smiled as she handed out beautiful roses to the guests at the park.
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As the wedding ceremony began, the flower girl scattered petals along the aisle with joy.
Synonyms
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A person who sells flowers and arranges them into bouquets
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a woman or girl who sells flowers' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'flower' (the item being sold/held) with 'girl' (a young female); this noun–noun composition is a straightforward, compositional pattern common across languages. Even potential secondary uses (e.g. a wedding 'flower girl') remain literal extensions rather than idiomatic shifts, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the basic meaning.
Etymology
Flower girl was also used for women who sold flowers in the street; imagine a woman with a small basket calling to people and offering blooms. So it means 'a woman or girl who sells flowers on the street'.