Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A man who interferes with the domestic duties of women, or engages in female occupations. Also called cot-betty.
- n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Also called a bess, a jenny, and now a jimmy or jemmy.
- n. A pear-shaped bottle, covered with maize-leaves or the like, in which olive-oil is exported from Italy; a Florence flask.
Wiktionary
- n. slang, slightly pejorative An attractive woman; a babe.
- n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
- n. archaic, derogatory A man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
- n. US, archaic A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
- n. A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
- n. United States A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a
Florence flask .
Etymologies
- From Betty ("nickname for "Elizabeth""). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The brown betty is slightly crisp on top and a lovely golden brown when it comes out of the oven.”
“A brown betty is a fruit dessert that is similar in concept to a cobbler.”
“Ugly betty is one of the most unfunny cliche, so called comedy shows on TV today .... but I guess that all depends on a persons 'taste.”
“I can't answer your question Bill, but I can say without the slightest reservation that "steve/sue/betty" is a complete blithering idiot!”
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“That is the first time I have seen a "new design" bike with a good looking "betty" and still said, "That is one ugly bike".”
“i lived in 42c block with my mum, 2 brothers, and 2 sisters, i am the oldest my maiden name betty malone. did anyone go on country holidays with the blackfriars settlement. having visited this site brings back many happy memories i also remember going to jail park and chewing the leaves that tasted like vinegar. we moved to peckam in 1971”
“Yes you, "betty," with your height and naturally blonde hair and green eyes are especially disturbing to "shalom bais" within the community, because you are what many a Jewish man wants, but cannot get because such women are rare, looks-wise, among the daughters of Jewish women.”
“Consider that "betty" of the Jewsy blog, the one in the comments boasting of her shiksappeal.”
“Also, new release 'betty' is available for purchase in six color choices”
“Then I typed "betty" and of course it was right there, with links to reviews.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘betty’.
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songbirds
Names of girls in song titles. Not in the lyrics, just in the titles.
Just the name on the list, then the full title with any identifying notes in the comments, please.
Can be the same ...marianne, evie, lady d'arbanville, peggy sue, suzanne, dianne, boni maroni, miss molly, lola, mony, sadie, rita and 207 more...
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Girls Names
List of Girls names.
carla, jamie, ashley, kaitlyn, mae, lynn, nicole, sierra, mary, ann, manda, sara and 130 more...
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Do I dare to eat a peach?
or Pandowdies: pie-like fruit desserts.
betty, clafoutis, cobbler, crisp, crumble, grunt, pandowdy, slump, melba, flan, crostatina, dump cake and 2 more...
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It's short for "Elizabeth"
beth, bess, bessy, betty, bette, liz, liza, eliza, ellie, nell, nelly, betsy and 29 more...
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Bottle Collection
I have a sizable collection of fiddle- and banjo-shaped bottles. Some quite old, others not so old.
ampule, ampulla, amula, baby’s bottle, Balthazar, beer bottle, betty, biberon, bidon, bijugue, bombard, borachte and 95 more...
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In the dark
quiz: one word will change this list.
out, hole, power, eye, and decker, berry, humour, heads, people, sabbath, cat, jack and 39 more...
Tweets
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effulgent_eyes Betty-
1. n.
some fake drugs; a bad drug buy. : John's supplier slipped him some betty.
2. n.
a good-looking girl or woman. (Usually Betty.) : Who's your new Betty, Bob?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
Apr 29, 2010
john “A baked pudding made of layers of spiced and sugared fruit and buttered bread crumbs.”
Ochef.com, Cobbler, Crisp, Crumble, Grunt, Slump—You Get the Picture Apr 6, 2010
treeseed Black Betty, 1977, Ram Jam (also covered by Tom Jones) Feb 8, 2008