little girl

little girl (plural little girls)

1. A female child, especially one younger than ten years of age.
   • 1897, Amanda Minnie Douglas, "A Little Girl of Long Ago"

     But the crowning point of this May was Hanny's birthday party. She was twelve years old.
     "Let's just stay little," laughed Hanny. "Twelve isn't so very old."

   • 1902, Amanda Minnie Douglas, "A Little Girl in Old Detroit"

     For to her Jeanne would always be the wild, eager, joyous child who had whistled and sung with the birds, and could never outgrow childhood. She looked not more than a dozen years old to-day.

   • 1904, Amanda Minnie Douglas, "A Little Girl in Old Chicago"

     More than ever I wished she was my sister and that mother could watch over her. She would gladly, I knew. A little girl, barely twelve years old and not large for her age.

1. A weak-willed person.

   May 1 2000, TV.com - Holy Crap! Episode Recap

   Laurie tells him to stop being such a little girl and do something bad for once.

• (a female child): young girl; see also Thesaurus:girl
• (a weak-willed person): mollusc, nose of wax, pushover

• cry like a little girl
• little girl's room

• little boy