mopsy

See also: Mopsy

English

Alternative forms

Noun

mopsy (plural mopsies)

  1. A moppet.
  2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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.)

Anagrams

Polish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈmɔp.sɨ/

Noun

mopsy m anim

  1. nominative plural of mops
  2. accusative plural of mops
  3. vocative plural of mops
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