TOMBOY, TOMBOYISH
ADJECTIVES
1887 ► TOMBOYFUL having the character of a tomboy
1906 ► FEISTY → FICETY acting so as to show off or drawn attention to oneself; putting on airs; flirtatious, saucy, tomboyish, of questionable morals → Amer. dial.
NOUNS
1886 ► TOMBOYADE an escapade in the manner of a tomboy
NOUNS, PERSON
1668 ► TOM-RIG a strumpet; a romping girl, a tomboy → obs.
L17.. ► RAMP → ROMP a tomboy → colloq.
1720 ► GILPEY → GILPIE → GILPY a young girl, esp. a lively, mischievous, bold, saucy, or forward one; a tomboy → Sc. & Irish English, sometimes derogatory
1790 ► MEG-HARRY a young girl with masculine manners; a tomboy; a rough hoyden girl that plays with boys → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► RAG-RIVER one addicted to romping; a tomboy, a roisterer → Eng. dial.
19C.. ► STRIDEWALLOPS a tall, long-legged girl; a tomboy, a romp → Eng. dial. obsolescent
1805 ► HAWBUCK a tomboy; an awkward or unmannerly person; an ignorant country fellow
1848 ► GAL-BOY a romping girl, a tomboy; a mannish or masculine woman → Amer. dial.
1855 ► SCALLOP(S) an awkward girl; an untidy, romping girl; a tomboy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1891 ► GIGGLET a laughing romp, a tomboy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1895 ► LAD-WENCH a rough, romping girl; a tomboy → Eng. dial.
1896 ► LASSIE-BOY a tomboy → Sc.
1902 ► LAD-LASS a rough, romping girl; a tomboy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1902 ► LAD-LOUPER a romp, a tomboy; a forward girl → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 ► RAMP-SCUTTLE a romp; a tomboy → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 ► WELT an awkward young woman; a tomboy → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1930 ► HAWBUCKER a tomboy; an awkward or unmannerly person; an ignorant country fellow; a bumpkin; a lout → Amer. dial.
1975 ► BEETLE an independent, ultramodern, somewhat tomboyish girl, typically one with a short hair style, a preference for wearing slacks, a good education, and an interest in jazz, bull-fighting, and motorcycles → Amer. sl. (Bk.)