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
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Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of floozy
First recorded in 1905–10; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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“It was important to me to show she wasn’t this chaotic, floozy character she is sometimes seen as.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023
Even without this scene, the character of Scruggs is portrayed as an unprofessional one-note floozy who expresses ruthless, inhumane ambition after the bombing, and is one of the clear villains of the piece.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 13, 2019
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
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
At her best, playing warmhearted floozies in Some Like It Hot and Bus Stop, she's like a slightly bruised moonbeam, something fragile and funny and imperiled.
From Time Magazine Archive
The derelicts in Harry Hope's bar come from all of life's fallen ranks ?army officers, Harvard men, journalists, pimps and floozies.
From Time Magazine Archive
Jan Sterling, 82, played blond floozies with brains in "Caged," "Ace in the Hole," "The High and the Mighty" and "High School Confidential."
From Time Magazine Archive
As choreographer, he opened out James' tale of emotional suffocation by adding such empty flourishes as a street band, a corps of floozies dressed as the Statue of Liberty and even the statue itself.
From Time Magazine Archive
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