subdeb
Americannoun
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a subdebutante.
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any girl in her teens.
Etymology
Origin of subdeb
First recorded in 1915–20; shortened form
Example Sentences
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He knew that businessmen got as "kittenish as a Victorian subdeb" when caught in the public eye but was not prepared for how hesitant corporations were to open their doors.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Well, it's better than ballet," one saucy subdeb said, and another replied: "Mother thinks it will give me poise."
From Time Magazine Archive
Co-favorites were 17-year-old Gretchen Merrill, a Boston subdeb, and 14-year-old Dorothy Goos, a giggling Bronx schoolgirl with dreams of a Sonja Henie career.
From Time Magazine Archive
To cultivate a future clientele, he will play for almost nothing for the subdeb crowd or the allowance-ridden young men of Princeton, Harvard and Yale.
From Time Magazine Archive
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