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Hussy   /hˈəsi/   Listen
noun
Hussy  n.  
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.
3.
A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; used jocosely.


Hussy  n.  A case or bag. See Housewife, 2.





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"Hussy" Quotes from Famous Books



... of course I didn't. I'm not omniscient, and I only ordered him to propose an hour ago. The golden hussy! the proud jade! Refuse my grand-nephew indeed! Well, there's one of your rivals disposed of, it seems,—count that to ...
— The Amateur Gentleman • Jeffery Farnol et al
... about girls coming of age ... and love ... and marriage! A fierce jealousy seized upon her at the thought. Lily would have bouquets, champagne suppers; Lily would be loved by gentlemen! Tell Lily that she was pretty and, in less than six months the little hussy would think herself a fine lady! And, on that day, Mrs. Clifton would wash ...
— The Bill-Toppers • Andre Castaigne
... Luck, she is never a lady, But the cursedest quean alive, Tricksy, wincing, and jady— Kittle to lead or drive. Greet her—she's hailing a stranger! Meet her—she's busking to leave! Let her alone for a shrew to the bone And the hussy comes plucking your sleeve! Largesse! Largesse, O Fortune! Give or hold at your will. If I've no care for Fortune, ...
— Kim • Rudyard Kipling
... went back to Grethel, and, shaking her roughly till she woke, cried: "Get up, you lazy hussy, and draw some water, that I may boil something good for your brother, who is shut up in a cage outside till he gets fat; and then I shall cook him and eat him!" When Grethel heard this she began to cry bitterly; but it ...
— Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know • Various
... fly away with you, you shameless hussy! Why lie sprawling about the deck like this? See, too, ...
— Through Russia • Maxim Gorky


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