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David McWethy
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tomboy

Postby David McWethy » Wed Dec 31, 2014 4:28 am

I would add "like Tom Sawyer", except that Master Sawyer WAS a boy; my word refers to one who is neither a boy nor is very likely to be named "Tom".
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Re: tomboy

Postby Slava » Wed Dec 31, 2014 8:34 am

Aye, this is intriguing. Why tomboy and not tomgirl, which makes more sense.
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