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  • n  masculinity in women (especially in girls and young women)

  • The retreat from tomboyishness began when she married cauliflower-eared George Zaharias, a 300-lb.
  • Her tomboyishness is never rowdy, like that of "Margot" Asquith.
  • But she has been directed to substitute screeching tomboyishness for sly sprightliness, and the resulting overaggressiveness is painful to watch, something like seeing the only .

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