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Date: 1900-2000
Origin: Based on Man Friday, a character in the book Robinson Crusoe (1719) who does jobs for the main character, Robinson Crusoe

girl Friday

 noun
     
girl Friday [countable] British English old-fashioned
a girl or woman worker who does several different jobs in an office
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