floozy
AmericanOr floozie
noun
PLURAL
floozies-
a gaudily dressed, usually immoral or sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).
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a prostitute.
noun
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Origin of floozy
First recorded in 1905–10; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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Gunslinging floozies flee town to avoid a hanging and meet an outlaw with a score to settle.
From Los Angeles Times
She is quickly developed as a wicked cartoon in Davis’s tradition of stiletto floozies, addled sirens, and rancid prima donnas.
From The New Yorker
He’s your stereotypical PI, from his world-weary voice-overs to the bottle of bourbon stashed in his desk drawer and his weakness for blond floozies.
From Seattle Times
Building off my second E he played “floozies,” using all seven tiles.
From New York Times
We walked back to the car and sat on the hood and swung our legs, like the women in our former town who my mother said were floozies.
From Literature
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