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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
Noun
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From ’20s dandy pin curls on Quinta Brunson and Serena Williams at the Met Gala to Keke Palmer’s ginger pixie, the crop cut has looked up to be this year’s most trending style.—
Essence,
Essence,
10 Oct. 2025
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Jenner and Appleton have been collaborating for years, long before Jenner decided to ditch her trademark pixie cut to grow a bob.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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From her versatile bob to gamine pixie, the Bones and All actress has turned crop cuts into her signature hairstyle.—
Essence,
Essence,
1 Oct. 2025
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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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The Broncos are having a jolly old romp in England this week, with Denver making its second visit for a game in the United Kingdom in the last four years.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
11 Oct. 2025
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Roofman is simply too odd a bird, a movie that sets out to be a romp but can’t bring itself to smooth over the rougher aspects of its material, especially in terms of its main character’s addiction to showing off with gifts or flashes of cash.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Tomboy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tomboy. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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