shirley temple

1. 1.

   popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)

   SynonymsBlackShirley Temple Black

   Broaderactress

Questions about shirley temple

What does shirley temple mean?

shirley temple means "popular child actress of the 1930's (born in 1928)".

What is another word for shirley temple?

Close synonyms include Black, Shirley Temple Black. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is shirley temple a common word?

shirley temple is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.