Frenchy
Americannoun
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Frenchies
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adjective
adjective
noun
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Etymology
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
With great fanfare, an armored truck arrived in Appleton to collect the jars, along with Frenchy — dressed as an astronaut, complete with football helmet and Red Owl shirt — and his wife, Frances.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022
Deputy sheriff Destry tames the town of Bottle Neck, including saloon singer Frenchy.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2020
Eventually after enough of this, Frenchy said, ‘Can you stop please?’
From Golf Digest ● Apr. 30, 2020
Operating out of a gleaming-white training room, Frenchy stocked every manner of weight-loss facilitator, including electric blankets, infrared lamps, electric light cabinets, baking machines, “violet-rays,” vibrating contraptions, and rubber sleeping bags and sheets.
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
But since 2022 Frenchies have been top dog, with Labs and golden retrievers settling for silver and bronze.
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
Now, if the Frenchies get through with their trains first, Fitzpatrick will have a devil of a time beating these men.
From The Wilderness Trail by Frank Williams
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 Anne Warner
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
A very tall woman might have done it, perhaps, but I have only five foot four in my Frenchiest French heels; and the broken-off place was higher than my waist.
From The Motor Maid by C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
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 Carolyn Wells
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 C. N. (Charles Norris) Williamson
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