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hussy

[ huhs-ee, huhz-ee ]

noun

, plural hus·sies.
  1. a brazen or immoral woman.

    Synonyms: slut, trollop

  2. a mischievous, impudent, or ill-behaved girl.

    Synonyms: minx, baggage



hussy

/ -zɪ; ˈhʌsɪ /

noun

  1. a shameless or promiscuous woman
  2. dialect.
    a folder for needles, thread, etc
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hussy1

1520–30; earlier hussive housewife
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hussy1

C16 (in the sense: housewife): from hussif housewife
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Example Sentences

“Hey, miss Honey Bey. It’s Dolly P. You know that hussy with the good hair you sang about?” she says on the track.

In the interlude "Dolly P," Parton references "Jolene" with, "You know that hussy with the good hair you sing about?/ Reminded me of someone I knew back when."

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Can you tell me how you define the word “hussy”?

“Poor little sparrow, my eye! Listen, Miss, if I let that young hussy off her lead for five minutes, we’d all be murdered in our beds.”

Her beloved brothers had been slain by her son because he had made a fool of himself over a shameless hussy who went hunting with men.

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