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Recent Examples of tomboy
Katie Holmes became a household name as Joey Potter, the moody tomboy everyone rooted for, on Dawson's Creek.
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Diana Pearl, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Harper and Lily are Gen Z teenagers, miles away from the rebellious rocker vibes of Lohan’s teenage Anna (Harper is a tomboy surfer, while Lily is an aspiring fashion designer).
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Busch then wrote and appeared as Captain Monica Stark in the 2000 feature adaptation, which starred Lauren Ambrose as Chicklet Forrest, a tomboy struggling to fit in with a ’60s Malibu surfer crowd.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2025
My women’s collection is a bit of a tomboy, but still very feminine.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Diana Pearl, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Harper and Lily are Gen Z teenagers, miles away from the rebellious rocker vibes of Lohan’s teenage Anna (Harper is a tomboy surfer, while Lily is an aspiring fashion designer).
—Maureen Lee Lenker Published, EW.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Busch then wrote and appeared as Captain Monica Stark in the 2000 feature adaptation, which starred Lauren Ambrose as Chicklet Forrest, a tomboy struggling to fit in with a ’60s Malibu surfer crowd.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 1 Aug. 2025
My women’s collection is a bit of a tomboy, but still very feminine.
—Adam Morganstern, Forbes.com, 18 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tomboy
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Rudeness is of course still frowned upon, and sometimes hoydens behaved in ways that are rude by today’s standards – a girl who pushed another out of her seat at school was a hoyden in 1865.—
Melissa Mohr,
The Christian Science Monitor,
24 May 2018
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The singer’s textured pixie, which was cut shorter in the back, had face-framing sideburns and curls that narrowly avoided being called bangs, is hard to miss, and now, just in time for fall, has been reintroduced on the front row.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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Meanwhile, her hair was trimmed in a shaggy pixie cut; the front just barely holding on to the top of her forehead.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And yet Birkin was far from the self-reliant gamine embodied by Clara Bow.—
Anahid Nersessian,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
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How did Chanel maintain her gamine figure while regularly indulging there?—
Leslie Camhi,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
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During Week 1, Irwin and his partner Witney Carson charmed audiences with their jive, which was both a high-energy romp and a sweet homage to the family's outdoorsman history.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
24 Sep. 2025
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Wilson's Aces continue their romp through the WNBA playoffs with a semifinal matchup that begins Sunday against the Indiana Fever.—
Russell Lewis,
NPR,
21 Sep. 2025
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“Tomboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomboy. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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