Definitions for "Shirley"
Keywords:  bullfinch
The bullfinch.
Keywords:  bront, charlotte, novel, son, father
Shirley is a social novel by Charlotte Brontë, published in 1849. Its popularity led to "Shirley" becoming a woman's name. (In the novel, Shirley's father gave her the name he had intended to give a son.)
Keywords:  complexion, pretty, girl, good
a pretty girl with a good complexion