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Webster 1913 Edition


Hussy

Hus′sy

,
Noun.
[Contr. fr.
huswife
.]
1.
A housewife or housekeeper.
[Obs.]
2.
A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; – used as a term of contempt or reproach.
Grew.
3.
A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; – used jocosely.
Goldsmith.

Hus′sy

,
Noun.
[From Icel.
h[GREEK]si
a case, prob. fr.
h[GREEK]s
house. See
House
, and cf.
Housewife
a bag,
Huswife
a bag.]
A case or bag. See
Housewife
, 2.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hussy

HUSS'Y

,
Noun.
[contracted from huswife,housewife.]
1.
A bad or worthless woman. It is used also ludicrously in slight disapprobation or contempt. Go, hussy, go.
2.
An economist; a thrifty woman.

Definition 2024


hussy

hussy

English

Noun

hussy (plural hussies)

  1. (obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.
  2. A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behavior; a minx.
    • 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
      Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
  3. (obsolete) A case or bag for needles, thread, etc.

Synonyms

  • (cheeky, disrespectful girl or woman): bitch

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