Phrase guide
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noun
A girl or young woman who has become unusually successful at an early age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Broader terms: golden child
noun
A favored girl, held in high esteem by others, and for whom there are high hopes.
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Broader terms: golden child
noun
A young woman who is beautiful in a wholesome and healthy way.
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noun
An older woman, a female senior citizen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
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History
The senior citizen sense was inspired by a TV show in the 1980s, The Golden Girls, about a group of friends. The show's title was inspired by the traditional senses of the term but seems also to have been a play on golden years and silver-haired.
