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blow·zy also blow·sy (blou

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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.

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 [ˈblaʊzɪ] ADJ (blowzier (compar) (blowziest (superl))) [woman] → desaliñado; (= red in face) → coloradote

blowzy

adj (+er) woman → schlampig

blowzy blowsy [ˈblaʊzɪ] adj (woman) → sciatto/a, trasandato/a

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blowsy Blowzed slatternly sluttish			March, drawing the blowzy head to her shoulder and kissing the wet cheek so tenderly that Jo cried even harder. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context Her bowsprit cocked up like an old-fashioned frigate's; her jib-boom had been fished and spliced and nailed and clamped beyond further repair; and as she hove herself forward, and sat down on her broad tail, she looked for all the world like a blowzy, frousy, bad old woman sneering at a decent girl. Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard View in context "Don't laugh at her, or discourage her; let her find comfort in bibs and dust-pans, if she can," whispered Polly to Fan, while Maud took a joyful "header" among the pillows, and came up smiling and blowzy, for she loved house-work, and often got lectured for stolen visits to the kitchen, and surreptitious sweepings and dustings when the coast was clear. An Old-Fashioned Girl by Alcott, Louisa May View in context			blowhard blowhole blowie blowing blowing gas blowing up blowjob blowlamp blown blown-up blowoff blowout blowpipe Blowpipe analysis Blowpipe reaction Blowpoint Blowse blowsy Blowth blowtorch Blowtube blowup blowy Blowze Blowzed blowzy BLS BLT BLU-82 Blu-Tack blub blubber blubber out Blubbered blubberer Blubbering blubbery blucher Blücher bludge bludgeon bludgeoner bludger blue blue African lily blue agave blue air blue angel Blue asbestus blue ash blue baby			blows up in face blows up in face blows up in face blows with the wind blows with the wind blows with the wind blows with the wind Blowse blowsier blowsiest blowsy blowtank Blowth blowtorch blowtorch blowtorches blowtorches blowtube blowup blowup blowup blowup ratio BLOWW blowy Blowze Blowzed blowzier blowziest blowzily blowziness blowzy BLOX BLOX BLOX Bloy, Léon BLP BLPA BLPACR BLPAP BLPB BLPC BLPD BLPES BLPF BLPH BLPI BLPL bLPM BLPO BLPOA BLPPU BLPQ BLPS BLPSC BLPT BLPU BLPW

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