Young Lady Meaning



Example: Used other than as an idiom: young lady.
A term of endearment or address for a girl.
1986, John and Leela Hort, The Inessential Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet: A shortened and simplified version in modern English, Act 3, Scene 5, page 34:
  Don't you "grateful" me, young lady. Get yourself ready to go with Paris to Saint Peter's church next Thursday, or I'll drag you there myself.
2002, Loretta J. Brunious, Constructing social reality: self-portraits of Black children, page 125:
  You should try to act like a young lady, not a gang banger.
2003, Debra Mullins, A Necessary Bride, page 16:
  â€œAnd you need to act like a young lady.” “Why, so you can marry me off and get rid of me?” She jumped to her feet.
2010, Odessa Cleveland, In the Zone of Changes, page 29:
  â€œCome back here, young lady! Get back here, now!”

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