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home·girl

(hōm′gûrl′)

n. Slang

1. A female friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown.

2. A fellow female gang member.

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Noun

homegirl - a fellow female member of a youth gang

youth gang - a gang whose members are teenagers

fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"

Translations

homegirl

[ˈhəʊmgɜːl] N (US) → chica f del barrio

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

homegirl

[ˈhəʊmgɜː^rl] (US) n → fille f de la régionhome ground n

[sports team] to play at one's home ground → jouer sur son terrain

(= familiar ground) to be on home ground → être en terrain connuhome-grown [ˌhəʊmˈgrəʊn] adj

(not foreign) [talent, players, stars, youngsters, hero, programmes] → du pays

(from one's own garden) → du jardinhome help n (British) (= person) → aide f ménagère, aide-ménagère fhome improvements npl (= DIY) → bricolage m

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