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German
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English tomboy.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tomboy m (strong, genitive Tomboys, plural Tomboys)
- A girl who behaves in a typically boyish manner.
- Sie war ein richtiger Tomboy und musste auf jeden Baum klettern. ― She was a real tomboy and had to climb any tree.
2020, Carolin Mülverstedt, Abenteuer Bangkok: Leben im Urlaubsparadies:Weiter hinten in der Straße gibt es ein Restaurant, in dem ein Tomboy, eine Frau mit extrem maskulinem Auftreten arbeitet.- A bit further down the street, there is a restaurant where a tomboy works, a woman with a very masculine demeanour.
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