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Answer for the clue "Adolescent girl of the '40s ", 10 letters:
bobbysoxer

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Word definitions for bobbysoxer in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s) [syn: bobby-socker ]

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context US English) a teenage girl wearing bobby socks n. (context US English) a teenage girl wearing bobby socks

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
bobbysoxer \bob"by*sox`er\ n. an adolescent girl wearing bobby socks (common in the 1940s); -- sometimes used for any adolescent girl, especially one following the latest youthful fashion . Syn: bobbysocker.

Usage examples of bobbysoxer.

Glancing sideways I saw something strange, something anomalous: a girl, a plump little bobbysoxer, edging tremulously down the bar towards me.

Instead she had command of jive talk, adolescent slang, and high school double-talk which would be meaningless to any but another American bobbysoxer.

Instead she had command of jive talk, adoléscent slang, and high school double-talk which would be meaningless to any but another American bobbysoxer.