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In Reply to: the etymology of this in English dates back at least as far as the mid 16C CE posted by Timbo in Oz on April 13, 2017 at 18:59:21:
A Tom-Boy is a Girl, who would rather climb trees than play with Dolls!
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- With tom added to boy forming tom-boy, applied to boisterous young males.-Whoops! - oldmkvi 08:53:15 04/15/17 (2)
- No, the created term tomboy didn't shift to girls until a century or two later. - Timbo in Oz 14:20:42 04/15/17 (1)
- Transgender Language. What's Old is New! nt - oldmkvi 15:18:20 04/15/17 (0)