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hussy Noun pl -sies Old-fashioned a woman considered sexually immoral or improper [from hussif housewife]
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| "Nor the hussy," the little woman snapped, apparently at the mud- hens paddling on the surface of the lagoon. If the hussy stood up for judgment before us five, that are now here in a knot together, would she come off with such a sentence as the worshipful magistrates have awarded? "Yes, sir," says she; "and I hope your worship will send out your warrant to take up the hussy its mother, for she must be one of the neighbourhood; and I should be glad to see her committed to Bridewell, and whipt at the cart's tail. |
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