Frenchy

[fren-chee]

noun, plural French·ies.

Informal. a native or inhabitant of France or a person of French descent.

adjective, French·i·er, French·i·est.

characteristic or suggestive of the French people, French culture, etc.

Origin of Frenchy

First recorded in 1820–30; French + -y¹, -y²

Related formsFrench·i·ly, adverbFrench·i·ness, noun

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Contemporary Examples of frenchy

Hoppy (Josef Szindler) and Frenchy (Kazik Gelblum) were just two of the cigarette boys killed by the Germans.
The Week in Death: Irving Milchberg, the Teenage Gunrunner of the Warsaw Ghetto
The Telegraph
March 1, 2014

Historical Examples of frenchy

The little old Frenchy in the Parisian hand laundry gave us a boost, too.
Torchy and Vee
Sewell Ford
I am no swordsman, and pistols are too uncertain and Frenchy for me.
Roosevelt in the Bad Lands
H. Hagedorn.
The movement was essentially a Frenchy one and might have meant anything.
A Black Adonis
Linn Boyd Porter
Do you know why the Statue of Liberty looks so sad, Frenchy?
Tom Slade on a Transport
Percy Keese Fitzhugh
As Frenchy was about to reply his sombrero was snatched from his head and disappeared.
Hopalong Cassidy's Rustler Round-Up
Clarence Edward Mulford

British Dictionary definitions for frenchy

Frenchy

adjective

characteristic of or resembling the French

noun plural -ies

a name for a French person

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