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hussy noun [ ˈhʌsi ]

• a girl or woman who behaves in a disrespectful or inappropriate way or who has many casual sexual relationships.
• "that brazen little hussy!"
Similar: minx, flirt, coquette, tease, seductress, Jezebel, vamp, madam, hoochie, loose woman, trollop, strumpet, floozy, hoyden, fizgig, jade, quean, wanton,
Origin: late Middle English: contraction of housewife (the original sense); the current sense dates from the mid 17th century.


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