dreamgirl
English
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edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdɹiːmɡɜːl/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdɹimˌɡɝl/, /ˈdʒɹim-/
Noun
editdreamgirl (plural dreamgirls)
- (informal) One's ideal vision of a female companion.
- Coordinate term: dreamboy
- 1989, Joseph M. Curran, Hibernian Green on the Silver Screen:
- The daughter of an Irish bricklayer became the American ideal: the dreamgirl of young, upward-bound males who yearned for the finer things of life