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Definition of Flower girl
1. Noun. A woman who sells flowers in the street.
2. Noun. A young girl who carries flowers in a (wedding) procession.
Generic synonyms: Assistant, Help, Helper, Supporter, Female Child, Girl, Little Girl
Definition of Flower girl
1. Noun. A participant in a wedding procession, whose responsibility is usually to spread flower petals on the floor before the bride, or to carry a bouquet of flowers. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flower Girl
Literary usage of Flower girl
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review (1844)
"The Flower-Girl, and other Poems. By RHODA MARIA WlI.LAN. A MODEST preface puts
us in a mood favourable to the writer. There is much sweetness and ..."
2. Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings edited by John Denison Champlin, Charles Callahan Perkins (1887)
"... Hunter's Boy (1859) ; flower girl, Indiscreet Belles (1860) ; Beading the
Bible, Sunday, Cold and Hunger (1862) ; The Smith, He is coming ! ..."
3. Tuscan Cities by William Dean Howells (1885)
"FLORENTINE FLOWER-GIRL. Florentine fashion if you want it ... very patient and
kind with the aged crone who plays the part of Florentine flower-girl in Via ..."
4. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, John Morley, Mowbray Morris, George Grove (1867)
"THE flower girl OF SICYON. CHAPTER I. -' ME hither, sweetheart, sit by my side,
and listen to me, for I am going to tell YOU a story of things that happened ..."
5. The Old Navy and the New by Daniel Ammen, Ulysses Simpson Grant (1891)
"It was not a detective; it was a flower- girl who was waiting to fix a ...
A flower-girl always informs a stranger that she has heard of him through some ..."
6. Hawthorn and Lavender, with Other Verses by William Ernest HENLEY (1901)
"LONDON TYPES FLOWER-GIRL 5? THERE'S never a delicate nurseling of the year But
our huge LONDON hails it, and delights To wear it on her breast or at her ear ..."
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