girl next door

See also: girl-next-door

English

Alternative forms

girl-next-door (in attributive use)

Noun

girl next door (plural girls next door)

A regular, typical girl, as opposed to a superstar.
Coordinate term: boy next door

He didn't want to marry a girl next door; he hankered for the big city.
- 1983, Teresa Carpenter, Bob Fosse, Star 80, spoken by Dorothy Stratten:
  Playboy's motto is: the girl next door. They look for girls that are wholesome and fresh and young and naive. They look for all of that.
- 2014, Paul Chrystal, Tea: A Very British Beverage:
  The Nippy became a national icon, symbolic of the girl next door, always approachable and proper; […]

Translations

regular girl

Catalan: típica bona noia f
Czech: holka odvedle f
Finnish: naapurintyttö
French: fille d’à côté f
German: Mädchen von nebenan n
Italian: ragazza acqua e sapone f, ragazza della porta accanto f
Portuguese: vizinha (pt) f

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