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Definition of Eliza Doolittle from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Eliza Doolittle

 
/ɪˌlaɪzə ˈduːlɪtl/
 
/ɪˌlaɪzə ˈduːlɪtl/
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  1. a character in Pygmalion, a comedy play by George Bernard Shaw, and in My Fair Lady, the musical comedy based on it. She is a London flower girl with a strong cockney accent who is taught by a language expert, Professor Henry Higgins, to speak like an upper-class woman.
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