back·fisch
| \ ˈbäkˌfish \
plural backfische\
-shə
\
Definition of backfisch
: an adolescent immature girl
his family … two grown-up gawky sons, and a backfisch daughter— A. L. Mikhelson
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The first known use of backfisch was in 1888
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