hussy
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They say the hussy is his sparrin' partner, as well as his sweetheart, and that his poor wife is just breakin' her heart over it.
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- noun A woman considered brazen or immoral.
- noun A saucy or impudent girl.
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- "And that hussy, the bride o 'the troll-no good can come o' the like o 'that." — Unicorn Point
- "What did you say about complete abundance?" chuckled the drunken hussy, and dropped her silk cloak over my face, to cut off her view, no doubt, damn her impudence. — Flashman And The Dragon
- "Did I hear any such words lately as spitfire, hussy, and jade, or did I dream them?" — Gray Lensman
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They say the hussy is his sparrin' partner, as well as his sweetheart, and that his poor wife is just breakin' her heart over it.
— The Green Flag -
Griffith did not see the hussy was arranging her own affair as well as his.
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 103, May, 1866
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- Alteration of Middle English houswif, housewife; see housewife.
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/ (hŭzˈē, hŭsˈē)/
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