office girl
noun[C]
old-fashionedukusWORKPLACE
ayoungwoman whoworksin anofficedoingsimpletasks:
I was just anofficegirl, who was given all themenialtasks.
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In particular, previously common terms such as "officegirl" are no longer widely used.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the time, she had worked as anofficegirland sandwich hand at a delicatessen.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.An unusually competentofficegirlwith some capital may become a public stenographer.
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I wonder why we keep an office boy and not anofficegirl?
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He stood about for nearly an hour before theofficegirlarrived.
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As he was speaking theofficegirlcalled him to the telephone.
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Most of these office girls live at home.
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