Meaning & use
Girlhood
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The period of a female's life between infancy and adulthood; the state or condition of being a girl.
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She spent much of her girlhood on her grandparents' farm in Vermont.
The novel traces the narrator's girlhood in a small coastal town.
A note on using this word
Compare "boyhood," its male counterpart; both words use the suffix "-hood," which denotes a state, condition, or period of life.
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