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Colleen N Chiefly Irish Girl Young Woman Cop

Word colleen
Definition n. (chiefly Irish) A girl or young woman.
Sentence The cop (what shadow of us was he after?) gave the little colleen his best smile and went into a U-turn.
Source Lolita, I.27, p. 120

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