city girl
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈsɪti ɡɜrl/
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chica de ciudad
- As you can see, she's very different from our other nurses; she's a city girl.
- born and bred city girl
- born-and-bred city girl
- big city girl
This is called Part of Your World, and it is about a city girl meets a country boy.
- This is called Part of Your World, and it is about a city girl meets a country boy.
- I was born in Helsinki and so I have been a city girl in that way, but it was a positive time in that sense.
Examples
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I loved growing up a city girl—a New York City Jewish girl.
Academic text (1993) -
She was a city girl, too, but shy and plain, with Coke-bottle glasses and a bookish air.
Fiction book (2002) -
I am a city girl.
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I have lived in the city since about 5, and I am a city girl too.
Blog text (11) -
I am a city girl, too, but there is plenty of country not too far away.
Blog text (32) -
Having grown up in Los Angeles, I always thought of myself as a city girl.
Blog text (33) -
She's a sophisticated city girl.
Fiction book (1993) -
I'm a city girl!
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A city girl from Cork, she had grown up poor in the long wake of the potato famine.
Fiction book (2000) -
She always dresses stylishly because she is a city girl who loves fashion.
Synonyms
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6.7
A person from a city who seems well dressed and not used to country life
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4.1
A person who lives in a city and is used to city life
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5.8
A person who lives in a city and prefers city life
A woman who lives in a town or city
Antonyms
How Urban
Surface Forms
Morphology
The basic meaning 'a girl or woman who lives in a city' is directly and compositionally derived from 'city' + 'girl', so a learner who knows both words will infer the referent. The added stereotype of sophistication or fashionable dress is a predictable pragmatic extension of 'city' life rather than an idiomatic shift, making the expression transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
City girl gives a clear image: a girl from the city, used to busy streets, shops, and stylish clothes. That's why it means 'a girl or woman who lives in a city and often has fashionable clothes and city ways'.