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Betty

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Bet´ty
n.1.A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
The powerful betty, or the artful picklock.
- Arbuthnot.
2.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.
3.A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; - called by chemists a Florence flask.
Translations
Betty [ˈbetɪ] N (familiar form) of Elizabeth → Isabelita


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One of the deceased parents (late his parishioners) had a poor widowed grandmother in that agreeable town, and she, Mrs Betty Higden, had carried off the orphan with maternal care, but could not afford to keep him.
Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context
At any rate she purchased a yellow shawl, a pair of green boots, and a light blue hat with a red feather with three guineas which Rebecca gave her, and as little Sharp was by no means too liberal with her money, no doubt it was for services rendered that Betty Martin was so bribed.
Vanity Fair by Thackeray, William Makepeace View in context
Betty was one of the maids in the little red brick house in Kensington.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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