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homegirl

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home·girl  (hmgûrl)
n. Slang
1. A female friend or acquaintance from one's neighborhood or hometown.
2. A fellow female gang member.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.homegirl - a fellow female member of a youth gang
youth gang - a gang whose members are teenagers
fellow member, member - one of the persons who compose a social group (especially individuals who have joined and participate in a group organization); "only members will be admitted"; "a member of the faculty"; "she was introduced to all the members of his family"
Translations
homegirl [ˈhəʊmgɜːl] N (US) → chica f del barrio
homegirl [ˈhəʊmgɜːrl] (US) nfille f de la région
home ground n
[sports team] to play at one's home ground → jouer sur son terrain
(= familiar ground) to be on home ground → être en terrain connu
home-grown [ˌhəʊmˈgrəʊn] adj
(not foreign) [talent, players, stars, youngsters, hero, programmes] → du pays
(from one's own garden)du jardin
home help n (British) (= person) → aide f ménagère, aide-ménagère f
home improvements npl (= DIY) → bricolage m


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If you notice it, you might think Homegirl Cafe is just another small business trying to make it in this barrio known for its tough streets.
Here's one for the homegirls in their teens and 30s.
Cheryl Rodriguez, "A Homegirl Goes Home" in Black Feminist Anthropology: Theory, Politics, Praxis, and Poetics edited by Irma McClaurin (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2001), 239.
 
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