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Synonyms for hussy

Grammar : Noun
Spell : huhs-ee, huhz-ee
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhʌs i, ˈhʌz i

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Définition of hussy

Origin :
  • 1520s, "mistress of a household, housewife," alteration of Middle English husewif (see housewife). Gradually broadened to mean "any woman or girl," and by 1650 was being applied to "a woman or girl who shows casual or improper behavior," and a general derogatory sense had overtaken the word by late 18c. "It is common to use housewife in a good, and huswife or hussy in a bad sense" [Johnson].
  • noun loose woman
Example sentences :
  • Heave the hussy up to her anchor, Mr. Leach, when we will cast an eye to her moorings.
  • Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper
  • "Now, don't let me see you again with that hussy Cadine," she said.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • But the hussy only laughed and dodged the blows, and then hied off to her lover.
  • Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
  • In circumstances equally inspiring Bunyan entertained that hussy.
  • Extract from : « The Paliser case » by Edgar Saltus
  • Yes, that hussy must have fancied, no doubt, that Jean was Maréchal's son.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Guy de Maupassant, Volume VIII. » by Guy de Maupassant
  • But 'tis my belief that, once let the hussy in, I'll never be rid of her.
  • Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming
  • "You need not call on him, hussy; you will never see him again," said Mrs. Miller.
  • Extract from : « Clotelle » by William Wells Brown
  • A girl had come out of the saloon and the hussy was wearing men's trousers.
  • Extract from : « The Premiere » by Richard Sabia
  • All he knows is even a hussy wouldn't strut around like that.
  • Extract from : « The Premiere » by Richard Sabia
  • Talkin' about my char-ac-ter, an' before that hussy of a girl, too!
  • Extract from : « The Strange Case of Mortimer Fenley » by Louis Tracy

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