big girl's blouse
big girl's blouse · big girl's blouses · big girls' blouses
An effeminate or weak man, a sissyAn effeminate or weak man, a sissy.
Meaning
1 senses(Commonwealth, Ireland, UK, derogatory, informal)An effeminate or weak man, a sissy.
Origin
First recorded (1969) in the television sitcom Nearest and Dearest, used by the characterFirst recorded (1969) in the television sitcom Nearest and Dearest, used by the character Nellie Pledge (played by comedienne Hylda Baker). It has been suggested that Baker had previously used this expression in her stage act.
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Forms
plural: big girl's blouses / big girls' blouses| Singular | big girl's blouse |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.