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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“It was a big problem for us,” said an officer known by the call sign Frenchy.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026
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
And when Nabisco’s Shredded Wheat sponsored a radio show called “Straight Arrow,” Frenchy constructed a Shredded Wheat display so big that a local radio station broadcast from his store.
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
He was an avid follower of Frenchy Hawley’s methods.
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
Open tennis tournament, where Ingram was selected to choose the winning schipperke, bulldog, Frenchies and miniature poodle to go on to the semifinals – and, perhaps, the marquee Best in Show competition on Tuesday night.
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2023
Some veterinarians also are worried for Frenchies - all of them.
From Washington Times ● May 8, 2023
Friendships were started between Yanks and Yorks as in the fall they had grown between Frenchies and Americans, Scots and Yanks, and Liverpools and Detroiters.
From The History of the American Expedition Fighting the Bolsheviki Campaigning in North Russia 1918-1919 by Lewis E. Jahns
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
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
Betty shrugged the Frenchiest kind of a shrug and said, "I don't have to chase him."
From Seeing France with Uncle John by Anne Warner
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
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