Frenchy
Americannoun
adjective
adjective
noun
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Origin of Frenchy
First recorded in 1820–30; French 1 + -y 1, for the adjective; French 1 ( def. ) + -y 2 ( def. ) for the noun
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For the character Frenchy, she dyed a wig bright red using a Magic Marker and fashioned a pink poodle skirt out of her own bath mat and furry toilet seat cover.
From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
When it was clear Frenchy would reach 900 jars, Burma-Shave had to figure out how to save face.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Steelers quarterback Terry Bradshaw let loose a desperate heave in the direction of running back Frenchy Fuqua.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2020
Prowling around the Tijuana jockeys’ room in reassuringly medical-looking Dr. Kildare attire, Frenchy was the self-appointed mad scientist of the racing world.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
For example, the likes of pugs, Frenchies and English bulldogs all have issues with their breathing because of their squashed facial features and Scottish Fold cats suffer a lot from arthritis.
From BBC ● Mar. 10, 2026
When owners gushed that their Frenchies and pugs resembled human babies, I took offense on behalf of all parents.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
Some veterinarians also are worried for Frenchies - all of them.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 2023
Still, longtime breeder and French Bull Dog Club of America spokesperson Patty Sosa posits that Frenchies “might have been out-flashed” by showier-looking breeds, such as poodles.
From Seattle Times ● May 7, 2023
The Frenchies are safe to make a muddle of it somewhere; and our bold jack tars won't be scared by noise and flame.
From French and English A Story of the Struggle in America by Everett-Green, Evelyn
I should think she would buy the chain then!" and Betty shrugged a much Frenchier shrug, and said: "I wouldn't allow it.
From Seeing France with Uncle John by Warner, Anne
If nothing else, L’Affaire Aristophil is arguably the Frenchiest of all financial scandals.
From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2020
It gave a clue to the triumph, at the Frenchiest festival around, of America the beautiful and banal.
From Time Magazine Archive
Betty shrugged the Frenchiest kind of a shrug and said, "I don't have to chase him."
From Seeing France with Uncle John by Warner, Anne
Buy your pins at the best jewelers'," he would laugh, "and send the bills to me; buy your hats and gowns from the Frenchiest shops—you can get credit anywhere on my name—Good Lord!
From Raspberry Jam by Wells, Carolyn
She's the Frenchiest creature you ever saw: you know, the fascinating kind with magnolia-white skin, languishing eyes, black hair worn over the ears, red lips, and any age you like between twenty-eight and forty-five.
From The Lightning Conductor Discovers America by Williamson, C. N. (Charles Norris)
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