Sentence:  Times Square , when I ascended to it with my fellow subway travellers ( all dressed as if for a huge wedding in a family of which we were all distant members ) , was nearly impassable , the sidewalks swarming with celebrants , with bundled up sailors and soldiers already hugging their <WSD>girls</WSD> and their rationed bottles of whiskey . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  a girl or young woman with whom a man is romantically involved