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tomboyism
(
uncountable
)
Traditionally
masculine
behaviour in a
girl
.
2008
May 11, “Something Wild”, in
New York Times
[1]
:
There is whooping and squirrel-watching and rock-throwing — an au courant
tomboyism
that remains free of mocking contemporaries for wearing lip gloss.
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