Sentence:  'Now, <WSD>girls</WSD>,' continued Healey, 'you're very high-spirited and that's as it should be but I won't have you getting out of hand...' Setting a spatted foot on the bench that ran down the middle of the changing-room with elegant distain, Adrian began to flip through the pile of Y-fronts and rugger shorts with his cane. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  (A term of endearment.) (see usage notes)