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comfort girl

idiom
Meaning

A female sex slave; prostitute.


Examples
SIMPLE

History books describe the tragic lives of the comfort girls.

CONTEXTUAL

The museum exhibition tells the painful stories of women forced to serve as comfort girls during the war.

COMPLEX

Scholars continue to document the systemic abuse endured by those forced into the role of comfort girls, ensuring their suffering is not erased from historical memory.

Anchors to
Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    as the next girl

    To a reasonable degree; as much as a typical woman.

  2. 02

    atta girl

    Alternative spelling of attagirl.

  3. 03

    big girl

    An adult woman; a woman behaving as a responsible adult.

  4. 04

    business girl

    A female prostitute.

  5. 05

    cold comfort

    Much less reassurance, consolation, aid, or pleasure than one needs or desires.

  6. 06

    comfort woman

    A woman forced, or supposedly recruited, into brothels by the Japanese occupation forces before or during World War II.

  7. 07

    comfort zone

    The range of circumstances in which a person feels relaxed or able to cope.

  8. 08

    creature comfort

    Any small item or detail that makes a person feel comfortable and at home.

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