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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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Hussy
HUSS'Y
,Noun.
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)
- (obsolete) A housewife or housekeeper.
- 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.
- 1879, Richard Jefferies, The Amateur Poacher, chapter1:
- (obsolete) A case or bag for needles, thread, etc.
Synonyms
- (cheeky, disrespectful girl or woman): bitch
Translations
(obsolete) a housewife or housekeeper
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a cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behaviour
(obsolete) a case or bag for needles, thread, etc
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