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Search phrase: girl

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Antony and CleopatraAC IV.viii.19We have beat them to their beds. What, girl! Though greyWe haue beate them to their Beds. / What Gyrle, though gray
As You Like ItAYL I.iii.96Shall we be sundered? Shall we part, sweet girl?Shall we be sundred? shall we part sweete girle?
As You Like ItAYL IV.i.128do take thee, Orlando, for my husband. There's a girldoe take thee Orlando for my husband : there's a girle
CymbelineCym I.vii.66A Gallian girl at home. He furnacesA Gallian-Girle at home. He furnaces
HamletHam I.iii.101Affection? Pooh! You speak like a green girl,Affection, puh. You speake like a greene Girle,
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.25Kneel down and take my blessing, good my girl.Kneele downe and take my blessing, good my Gyrle.
Henry VI Part 11H6 V.iv.80Why, here's a girl! I think she knows not well,Why here's a Gyrle: I think she knowes not wel
Henry VIIIH8 V.i.165Both now and ever bless her! 'Tis a girlBoth now, and euer blesse her: 'Tis a Gyrle
Henry VIIIH8 V.i.174Said I for this the girl was like to him? I'llSaid I for this, the Gyrle was like to him? Ile
Julius CaesarJC I.ii.128As a sick girl. Ye gods, it doth amaze meAs a sicke Girle: Ye Gods, it doth amaze me,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.i.299taken with Jaquenetta, and Jaquenetta is a true girl.taken with Iaquenetta, and Iaquenetta is a true girle,
Love's Labour's LostLLL I.ii.112Boy, I do love that country girl that I took in the parkBoy, I doe loue that Countrey girle that I tooke in the Parke
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.ii.144Have with thee, my girl.Haue with thee my girle.
MacbethMac III.iv.105The baby of a girl. Hence, horrible shadow!The Baby of a Girle. Hence horrible shadow,
Measure for MeasureMM II.ii.129Thou'rt i'th' right, girl, more o' that.Thou'rt i'th right (Girle) more o'that.
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.v.15The prodigal Christian. Jessica my girl,The prodigall Christian. Iessica my girle,
The Merchant of VeniceMV II.viii.21Stol'n by my daughter! Justice! Find the girl!Stolne by my daughter: iustice, finde the girle,
The Merchant of VeniceMV III.ii.159Is an unlessoned girl, unschooled, unpractised,Is an vnlessoned girle, vnschool'd, vnpractiz'd,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW I.iv.33what I can for your master. Anne is a good girl, and Iwhat I can for your Master: Anne is a good girle, and I
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW V.v.188took a boy for a girl. If I had been married to him, for alltooke a Boy for a Girle: If I had bene married to him, (for all
OthelloOth I.i.164Where didst thou see her? – O unhappy girl! –Where didst thou see her? (Oh vnhappie Girle)
OthelloOth V.ii.273And fiends will snatch at it. Cold, cold, my girl,And Fiends will snatch at it. Cold, cold, my Girle?
PericlesPer V.i.137Have suffered like a girl; yet thou dost lookhaue suffered like a girle, yet thou doest looke
PericlesPer V.i.224O, heavens bless my girl! But hark, what music?O heauens blesse my girle, But harke what Musicke
Richard IIR2 III.iv.9Therefore no dancing, girl. Some other sport.Therefore no Dancing (Girle) some other sport.
Richard IIR2 III.iv.12Of neither, girl.Of neyther, Girle.
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iii.4God forbid! – Where's this girl? What, Juliet!God forbid, / Where's this Girle? what Iuliet?
Romeo and JulietRJ I.iii.106Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.Goe Gyrle, seeke happie nights to happy daies.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.78Well, girl, thou weepest not so much for his deathWell Girle, thou weep'st not so much for his death,
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.104But now I'll tell thee joyful tidings, girl.But now Ile tell thee ioyfull tidings Gyrle.
Romeo and JulietRJ III.v.129How now? A conduit, girl? What, still in tears?How now? A Conduit Gyrle, what still in teares?
Romeo and JulietRJ IV.ii.47Since this same wayward girl is so reclaimed.Since this same way-ward Gyrle is so reclaim'd.
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.i.77For I will love thee ne'er the less, my girl.For I will loue thee nere the lesse my girle.
The Taming of the ShrewTS I.i.153If I achieve not this young modest girl.If I atchieue not this yong modest gyrle:
The Taming of the ShrewTS II.i.24Bianca, stand aside. Poor girl, she weeps.Bianca stand aside, poore gyrle she weepes:
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.27Go, girl, I cannot blame thee now to weep,Goe girle, I cannot blame thee now to weepe,
The Taming of the ShrewTS III.ii.152A grumbling groom, and that the girl shall find.A grumlling groome, and that the girle shall finde.
The TempestTem I.ii.61.2Both, both, my girl.Both, both my Girle.
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.15Wound it with sighing, girl, kill it with groans,Wound it with sighing girle, kil it with grones:
Titus AndronicusTit III.ii.34Come, let's fall to, and, gentle girl, eat this.Come, lets fall too, and gentle girle eate this,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.32Which is it, girl, of these? Open them, boy.Which is it girle of these? Open them boy,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.51Lavinia, wert thou thus surprised, sweet girl?Lauinia, wert thou thus surpriz'd sweet girle,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.i.60Give signs, sweet girl, for here are none but friends,Giue signes sweet girle, for heere are none but friends
Titus AndronicusTit V.iii.40Because the girl should not survive her shame,Because the Girle, should not suruine her shame,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iii.79This foolish, dreaming, superstitious girlThis foolish, dreaming, superstitious girle,
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iii.99Here's a letter come from yond poor girl.Here's a Letter come from yond poore girle.
Troilus and CressidaTC V.iii.102so troubles me, and the foolish fortune of this girl; andso troubles me; and the foolish fortune of this girle, and
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.vii.1Counsel, Lucetta; gentle girl, assist me;Counsaile, Lucetta, gentle girle assist me,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG II.vii.45No, girl, I'll knit it up in silken stringsNo girle, Ile knit it vp in silken strings,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG III.ii.29What might we do to make the girl forgetWhat might we doe to make the girle forget
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.ii.49Why, this it is to be a peevish girlWhy this it is, to be a peeuish Girle,
The Two Gentlemen of VeronaTG V.iv.135His body for a girl that loves him not.His Body, for a Girle that loues him not:
The Two Noble KinsmenTNK V.i.79And weep unto a girl; that hast the mightAnd weepe unto a Girle; that ha'st the might
The Winter's TaleWT I.ii.78In those unfledged days was my wife a girl;In those vnfledg'd dayes, was my Wife a Girle;

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1270 ‘ My girl,’ quoth she, ‘ on what occasion break My girle, quoth shee, on what occasion breake
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1275 ‘ But tell me, girl, when went ’ – and there she stayed, But tell me girle, when went (and there shee staide,

Glossary

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bondmaidslave girl
childbaby girl
Cophetua[pron: ko'fetjua] African king of a romantic ballad, who fell in love with a beggar-girl, Zenelophon
damewoman, girl
dowdyunattractive woman, shabbily dressed girl
flirt-gillfast girl, loose woman
kicky-wicky, kicksy-wicksy[jocular] girl-friend, wife
kitchen-trullkitchen-maid, serving-girl
maid-palefragile as a young girl, delicate
pucellemaid, virgin, girl; also: drab, trollop, slut
pusselmaid, virgin, girl; also: drab, trollop, slut
puzzelmaid, virgin, girl; also: drab, trollop, slut
shelady, woman, girl
wenchgirl, lass
Zenelophon[pron: ze'nelofon] beggar-girl of a romantic ballad, loved by an African king

Thesaurus

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baby girlchild
beggar-girlZenelophon
fragile as a young girlmaid-pale
girldame
girlpucelle
girlshe
girlwench
girl, babychild
girl, fastflirt-gill
girl, fragile as a youngmaid-pale
girl, shabbily dressed dowdy
girl, slavebondmaid
girl-friendkicky-wicky, kicksy-wicksy
serving-girlkitchen-trull
slave girlbondmaid

Themes and Topics

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Address forms...to miranda [father to daughter] lass girl [affectionate to wife daughter or swee...
Non-classical legend, romance, and folklore
Frequently Encountered Words (FEW)...me warrant (n ) 2--6 (n ) wench (n ) girl lass tem i ii 139 [prospero to miranda...

Words Families

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Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
GIRLBASICgirl n

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