good-time girl
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7.5
- noun
- Offensive
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mujer fácil (ofensivo)
- As a good-time girl, she was always the life of the party, making everyone laugh and enjoy themselves.
Examples
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At the party, everyone knew she was the good-time girl who loved to socialize and have fun.
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Grass widow also implies good-time girl, a rollicker, one who has tried conventionality and didn't find it to her liking.
Fiction book (2000) -
She was a good time girl.
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You kind of come across as an ambitious good-time girl.
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My mum was a proper good-time girl.
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Sharon Stone played this character called Ginger, who was a good time girl in Vegas, obviously Sam Rothstein.
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She was just a good-time girl.
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Big Ruthie, the good-time girl.
Fiction book (1995) -
Do they mean Holly Golightly, who was essentially a good-time girl?
Blog text (25) -
Fleshy Ruthie, the good-time girl.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
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6.3
A woman who often goes to parties and is lively
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6.1
A woman who enjoys parties, going out, and lively social events
A woman who often goes to parties and likes going out at night
How Fun-Loving
Surface Forms
Morphology
good-time + girl
The meaning is directly derivable from combining 'good' + 'time' (i.e. someone who seeks 'good times' or pleasure) with 'girl' to describe a woman who enjoys parties and fun. This is a straightforward compositional pattern using frequent words, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Good-time girl may come from the picture of a young girl who goes out to have a good time, dancing, laughing and enjoying parties. One popular story says that image explains the meaning today, so the phrase now means 'sociable' or 'seeking pleasure'.