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"text": "You can tie your own shoelaces – you're a big girl now."
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"An older girl or grown-up girl; a girl who is no longer an infant."
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"(informal) An older girl or grown-up girl; a girl who is no longer an infant."
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"text": "Stop crying, you big girl!"
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"text": "Just put on your big-girl panties and make a choice."
},
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"ref": "2011, Jackie Collins, Poor Little Bitch Girl",
"text": "Bobby knew he should've followed up the way Lucky would've, but what the heck – he had other things on his mind. And Brigette was a big girl – she could look after herself.",
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"ref": "2016, Lori Stevic-Rust, Put On Your Big-Girl Shoes",
"text": "Clinical health psychologist, author and nationally recognized speaker Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust shows today's women what \"having it all\" really means, revealing that when women step into their big-girl shoes-reckoning with their contradictions and fears-they can tap into their awesome power",
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"ref": "2020 April 27, Patricia (on-line commenter), “Recognising progress in crisis: what malaria has taught Sierra Leone – op-ed”, in Sierra Leone Telegraph",
"text": "When I went to college, thinking I was now a big girl and could look after myself, I stopped the antimalarial prevention medication, and within 6 months I had a bout of malaria for the first time in my life.",
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"A female supposed to behave as a responsible adult."
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"ref": "1999 May 12, Greg Anderson, “Dave loves the big girls”, in alt.fan.letterman (Usenet), message-ID <7hb1gl$qgt$1@firewall.afs.com>",
"text": "I was surprised he didn't take the straight line Camryn fed him about \"Do you like big girls?\"",
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{
"ref": "2007 July 23, MIKA (lyrics and music), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”, in Life in Cartoon Motion",
"text": "Diet Coke and a pizza please / Diet Coke, I'm on my knees / Screaming, \"Big girl, you are beautiful\"",
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"A woman who is overweight."
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"text": "Just put on your big-girl panties and make a choice."
},
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"ref": "2011, Jackie Collins, Poor Little Bitch Girl",
"text": "Bobby knew he should've followed up the way Lucky would've, but what the heck – he had other things on his mind. And Brigette was a big girl – she could look after herself.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2016, Lori Stevic-Rust, Put On Your Big-Girl Shoes",
"text": "Clinical health psychologist, author and nationally recognized speaker Dr. Lori Stevic-Rust shows today's women what \"having it all\" really means, revealing that when women step into their big-girl shoes-reckoning with their contradictions and fears-they can tap into their awesome power",
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{
"ref": "2020 April 27, Patricia (on-line commenter), “Recognising progress in crisis: what malaria has taught Sierra Leone – op-ed”, in Sierra Leone Telegraph",
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"A female supposed to behave as a responsible adult."
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"ref": "1999 May 12, Greg Anderson, “Dave loves the big girls”, in alt.fan.letterman (Usenet), message-ID <7hb1gl$qgt$1@firewall.afs.com>",
"text": "I was surprised he didn't take the straight line Camryn fed him about \"Do you like big girls?\"",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2007 July 23, MIKA (lyrics and music), “Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)”, in Life in Cartoon Motion",
"text": "Diet Coke and a pizza please / Diet Coke, I'm on my knees / Screaming, \"Big girl, you are beautiful\"",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"A woman who is overweight."
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