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gal
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noun
Informal
.
a girl or woman.
Origin:
1785–95;
orig. dial. pronunciation of
girl
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girl.
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noun
a centimeter-gram-second unit of acceleration, equal to one centimeter per second per second.
Origin:
1910–15;
named after
Galileo
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gal
slang pronunciation of girl, 1795, execrated as a Cockney vulgarism. Gal Friday is 1940, in reference to "Robinson Crusoe."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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