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(bĭnt) 
n. Chiefly British & Offensive
A woman or girl.
n. Chiefly British & Offensive
A woman or girl.
[Arabic, daughter.]
Arabic, "girl." Female children in the Arab world sometimes are referred to by making reference to their father. Thus, "so-and-so, bint [daughter] so-and-so." See also Ibn.
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noun
noun, mainly derog
A girl or woman; girl-friend. (1855 —) . (The term was in common use among British servicemen in Egypt and neighbouring countries in the wars of (1914 — 18) and (1939 — 45).)
K. Amis As the R. A. F. friend would have put it, you could never tell with these foreign bints (1958).
[From Arabic bint daughter.]
noun, mainly derog
A girl or woman; girl-friend. (1855 —) . (The term was in common use among British servicemen in Egypt and neighbouring countries in the wars of (1914 — 18) and (1939 — 45).)
K. Amis As the R. A. F. friend would have put it, you could never tell with these foreign bints (1958).
[From Arabic bint daughter.]
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