US /bɪnt/ UK /bɪnt/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a woman or girl (British slang, often derogatory)

    Don't call her a bint; that's no way to speak about anyone.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a woman or girl (british... womangirlwenchdame

Etymology

From Arabic bint ('daughter, girl'); adopted into British military slang in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often pejoratively.

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