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blowzy
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blow·zy also blow·sy  (blouz)
adj. blow·zi·er also blow·si·er, blow·zi·est also blow·si·est
1. Having a coarsely ruddy and bloated appearance.
2. Disheveled and frowzy; unkempt: blowzy hair.
[From obsolete blowze, beggar woman, slattern.]
blowzi·ly adv.
blowzi·ness n.
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Adj.1.blowzy - characteristic of or befitting a slut or slattern; used especially of women
blowsy, slatternly, sluttish
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"
Translations

blowzy [ˈblauzɪ] adj (Brit) → peu soigné(e)
blowzy [ˈblauzɪ] (Brit) adj → schlampig
blowzy [ˈblauzɪ] adj → trasandato/a


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And exactly how subtle can you be depicting a town floozy (played with seen-it-all blowziness by Jamie Lee Curtis) who totes a Wheel of Fortune board game to her motel room trysts?
REVIEW; 'DROWNING' DEEP IN LAUGHS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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