1. A babe magnet. A very good-looking young man who is able to attract lots of women to him [DPEI 143] 2. A bachelor girl. An unmarried girl [DPEI 143] 3. A bachelor wife. The perfect wife in the mind of the unmarried man [DPEI 144] 4. A bad-hair day. The effect of bad-looking hair of woman’s emotions and actions [DPEI 31] 5. A battle-axe. A domineering, aggressive woman, one who likes to take the charge of any activity. A battle-axe with its long handle was used as a weapon in the Middle Ages. It is not clear why the term should be applied only to women [PDEI 248]. 6. A bit of all right. A pleasing person or thing, especially a woman regarded sexually. Brit. Informal [ODI 30]. 7. A broken marriage. Where the husband and wife have divorced or separated [PDEI 140]. 8. A broth of a boy. A lively boy. Informal. Chiefly Anglo-Irish, used as a term of approval [ODI 49]. 9. A cat fight. A fight between two women [PDEI 55]. 10. A child wife. A wife who is too young to car
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