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radium girl

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.80 in modern English

Syllables
ra-di-um -girl
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.

American usage

Usage

Inflected Forms

Radium Girls (plural)

Phrases

watch face radium jaw

Frequently Paired Words

watch face radium jaw

Questions

What does radium girl mean?
A female factory worker who contracted radiation poisoning from luminous paint (containing radium) used in watch dials in the early 20th century.

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