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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Contr. fr.

huswife

A housewife or housekeeper.

[Obs.]

A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; – used as a term of contempt or reproach.

Grew.

A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive young woman; – used jocosely.

Goldsmith.

Noun.

[From Icel.

h[GREEK]si

a case, prob. fr.

h[GREEK]s

house. See

, and cf.

a bag,

a bag.]

A case or bag. See

, 2.

Noun.

[contracted from huswife,housewife.]

A bad or worthless woman. It is used also ludicrously in slight disapprobation or contempt. Go, hussy, go.

An economist; a thrifty woman.