g'hal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A rough-and-tumble working-class young woman in Lower Manhattan between the late 1840s and the American Civil War period.

Word forms

g'hal g'hals

Etymology

Supposed to evoke an Irish pronunciation of girl or gal.

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