floozie
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English[edit]
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Etymology[edit]
Corruption of flossy in the sense of showy.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
floozie (plural floozies)
- A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
- 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454, part 1:
- «Sure thing. You going with that little Mexican floozy?»
- 1975, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift [Avon ed., 1976, p. 418]:
- Now I was a forsaken codger snuffling disgracefully from a beautiful floozy's abuse.
- A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
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Translations[edit]
vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman
prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
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