doxy
1 Americannoun
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opinion; doctrine.
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religious views.
noun
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an immoral or sexually promiscuous woman, especially a prostitute.
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a mistress.
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Etymology
Origin of doxy1
First recorded in 1720–30; extracted from heterodoxy, orthodoxy
Origin of doxy2
First recorded in 1520–30; of obscure origin
Example Sentences
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Keisha Doxy, known as Cherry, a youthful-looking 45-year-old born in Jamaica, has owned Cherry’s for 27 years.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2017
Twenty-seven years ago, Cherry Doxy walked in for the first time to work.
From New York Times • Jul. 7, 2017
A Palliard is he that goeth in a patched cloke, and hys Doxy goeth in like apparell.
From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John
Steve Webster was driving Doxy Morton in his mother's buggy.
From The Village Watch-Tower by Wiggin, Kate Douglas Smith
Doxy, dok′si, n. opinion—'Orthodoxy,' said Warburton, 'is my doxy—heterodoxy is another man's doxy.'
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
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