"girl next door" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: girls next door [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|girls next door}} girl next door (plural girls next door)
  1. A regular, typical girl, as opposed to a superstar. Categories (topical): Female people, Stock characters Synonyms: girl-next-door [attributive] Translations (regular girl): típica bona noia [feminine] (Catalan), holka odvedle [feminine] (Czech), naapurintyttö (Finnish), fille d’à côté [feminine] (French), Mädchen von nebenan [neuter] (German), ragazza acqua e sapone [feminine] (Italian), ragazza della porta accanto [feminine] (Italian), vizinha [feminine] (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-girl_next_door-en-noun-ByIZ1fMs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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