A small or young girl, or a diminutive form of 'girl' used in some dialects and older English texts.
From 'girl' with the diminutive suffix '-let' (as in 'droplet' or 'piglet'), this formation follows English word-building patterns from the medieval and early modern periods.
The '-let' suffix is one of the cutest word-building tools in English because it basically lets you make anything sound small and adorable—gurlet, maidlet, what could be more endearing?
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