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A tomboy has meant a bold, aggressive girl since about 1579, but before that, a “Tom” was a boisterous, rude boy.
If you think of the nighttime habits of a tomcat you might understand that a tomboy, a girl who liked the company of men, was used as late as the 1930s as a reference to a prostitute.
This use of the word torn is from the Anglo-Saxon word “tumbere”, meaning to dance and tumble around.
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I love learning something new everyday at this site. I was a tomboy as a child 'cos I wanted to hang out wirh the boyos. :)
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