betty
noun
betty
1 American
[bet-ee]
/ ˈbɛt i /
noun
betties
plural
Betty
2
American
[bet-ee]
/ ˈbɛt i /
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of betty
An Americanism dating back to 1915–20; by shortening
Example Sentences
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I love all things cobbler, crumble, crisp and betty.
From Salon • Oct. 30, 2022
Sweet pie or homemade pudding, such as apple betty, bread pudding, rice pudding, custard; cookies or homemade cakes or gingerbread, canned fruit; canned babas au rhum, etc.
From Time Magazine Archive
For dessert, there’s a rhubarb-apple betty topped with cinnamon creme anglaise.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
"I've just learned to make apple-pie and brown betty."
From Understood Betsy by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield
“I–I used to wish I was all boy until I became a Camp Fire Girl; that bettered the betty element a little,” she confided, the spice of her mixed cognomen floating in her eye.
From Pemrose Lorry, Camp Fire Girl by Hornibrook, Isabel Katherine
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