mopsy
See also: Mopsy
English
Alternative forms
Noun
mopsy (plural mopsies)
- A moppet.
- (obsolete) A slatternly, untidy woman.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)
- 1936: Like the Phoenix by Anthony Bertram
- However, terrible as it may seem to the tall maiden sisters of J.P.'s in Queen Anne houses with walled vegetable gardens, this courtesan, strumpet, harlot, whore, punk, fille de joie, street-walker, this trollop, this trull, this baggage, this hussy, this drab, skit, rig, quean, mopsy, demirep, demimondaine, this wanton, this fornicatress, this doxy, this concubine, this frail sister, this poor Queenie--did actually solicit me, did actually say 'coming home to-night, dearie' and my soul was not blasted enough to call a policeman.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for mopsy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Polish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmɔp.sɨ/
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