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mystery noun a young woman, especially when she is a new arrival in a town or city UK, 1937- It seems that Lew had taken up with a mystery, which is the underworld expression for one of those teen-age girls who drift into London from the provinces. — Charles Raven, Underworld Nights, p. 107, 1956
- [T]he little mystery’s woken up when she wasn’t supposed to. — Derek Raymond (Robin Cook), The Crust on its Uppers, p. 50, 1962
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