variants or floozie
as in hussy
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman a speakeasy frequented by bookies, boozers, and floozies

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Recent Examples of floozy Oh, my favorite floozy. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 11 May 2021 Batrachians, oh, tell me, where is the fair floozy? Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2021 Sonja is my favorite floozy and watching her mug around the house all wasted is one of my favorite things in the entire universe. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 29 June 2021 The bright-voiced soprano Stacey Tappan made a delightfully tarty Aveline Mortimer, a vaudeville warbler and part-time floozy who becomes an unwitting accomplice to Cree’s poisoning. John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 11 Feb. 2018 With a reputation for floozy-dom on screen and off, Grahame found a measure of peace with Turner, who was oblivious to her real and big-screen histories. Rebecca Keegan, HWD, 7 Dec. 2017 Conversely, Henry's clingy mother, Tallulah, is a hoary mix of boozy-floozy clichés and contradictions made worse by Paula Malcomson's unsubtle turn. Gary Goldstein, latimes.com, 2 Nov. 2017
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Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
    Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Noun
  • At some point, Perkins reportedly introduced Millard to a Black prostitute but Millard wanted a White one instead, the news report said, citing warrants.
    Louis Casiano, Fox News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, named after Shields’s controversial first film about a young girl who was a child prostitute, features interviews from her childhood friend and actress Laura Linney and Drew Barrymore and how to contrasted with Shields’s experience in the spotlight.
    Vulture, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2023
Noun
  • Daniels’ first foray into the horror genre shot to No. 1 on Netflix after dropping Aug. 30, which may have a little bit — or a whole lot — to do with Close, who clearly had the time of her life playing a tramp named Alberta.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2024
  • On March 7, 1913, rescuers were desperately searching the same waters for survivors of the Alum Cine, a British tramp steamer, that exploded while being loaded with 350 tons of dynamite (nine boxcars’ worth) that was bound to Panama for construction of the canal that was underway.
    Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 28 Mar. 2024

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“Floozy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floozy. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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