career girl:
(plural: ‘career girls‘; pronunciation: the letter ‘c’ is said with a ‘k’ sound as in “king”)
a woman who gives more importance to her job or profession than to other activities of life such as being with friends, getting married, having a family, etc.;
a female careerist,
After getting the divorce, Susan has started to behave like a real career girl, giving her time and dedication to her job and only to her job, cutting herself off from her usual social life.
Most career girls tend to lose their friends and relatives because their career comes first and they don’t find enough time to socialise with others as house-wives do.
Robert has decided not to marry a career girl as he likes to have a family life in the real sense because, he’s often heard saying, he’s financially sound and doesn’t need those extra dollars his wife earns to supplement his income!
