floozy
Americannoun
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a gaudily dressed, usually immoral or sexually promiscuous woman (now often used facetiously).
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a prostitute.
noun
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of floozy
First recorded in 1905–10; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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An ex-GI writer hangs out with a gambler and a floozy in his hometown.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 1, 2019
By the early twenties, both young women were on the stage, having overcome parental objections by sidestepping the floozy connotations of such a career.
From The New Yorker • Oct. 19, 2015
Then Rebecca’s barely in her grave and that gadabout Maxim is littering the place up with some gold-digging floozy who thinks she can waltz right in and take over.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015
As Carmo, Ms. Loureiro makes something believable out of a filmmaker’s fantasy of the frontier floozy; the script spells out Carmo’s desperation to escape, but it’s Ms. Loureiro’s frightened eyes that make us feel it.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2010
But Chicago, the 1975 musical about a '20s nightclub floozy who becomes a celebrity after shooting her lover, doesn't really fall into that category.
From Time Magazine Archive
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