Hassie
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Harriet, Hazel and rare similar sounding names such as Haseltine, Haroldson + diminutive suffix -y.
Proper noun[edit]
Hassie
- A diminutive of the female given names Harriet or Hazel.
- 1985, Arthur C. Inman, Daniel Aaron, The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 284:
- My little brother, he couldn't say Harriet. He called me 'Hassie'. 'Hassie' it's been ever since. I don't like it, but I giss nobody never had a name like it in the world.
- 1990, Reports of Cases Decided Between ... in the Supreme Court of Nebraska:
- ... Grace and Robert Garner in Hickman, Nebraska, the movers, namely, Terry Reynolds and his wife, Hazel “Hassie” Reynolds, Tina Walker, and the Garners, ...