as in girl
a female person who has not yet reached adulthood
she's still a filly, so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life
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Recent Examples of filly
The horse race is for 3-year-old fillies on Friday, a prelude to the Preakness.
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
The favorite in this year’s field is Good Cheer, an undefeated filly going for her seventh win in Friday’s Grade 1 gallop.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 May 2025
There are two mint julep cups for whiskey fans to purchase, with all proceeds going to benefit Our Mims Retirement Haven, a farm outside of Paris, Kentucky, where fillies and broodmares can spend their golden years (it’s named after 1977 Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, Our Mims).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025
The favorite in this year’s field is Good Cheer, an undefeated filly going for her seventh win in Friday’s Grade 1 gallop.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 2 May 2025
There are two mint julep cups for whiskey fans to purchase, with all proceeds going to benefit Our Mims Retirement Haven, a farm outside of Paris, Kentucky, where fillies and broodmares can spend their golden years (it’s named after 1977 Eclipse Champion 3-Year-Old Filly, Our Mims).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
This year’s cups are meant to honor a trio of winning fillies: Regret (1915), Genuine Risk (1980), and Winning Colors (1988).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filly
lass
Noun
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Get ready to sing a song of a lass who is gone one final time.—
Maureen Lee Lenker Published,
EW.com,
25 July 2025
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The kid gets to fall in love with a free-spirited lass.—
Chris Vognar,
Los Angeles Times,
15 May 2025
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“Filly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filly. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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