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)

1. 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