Betty

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  • n. An attractive woman; a babe.
  • n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
  • n. A man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  • n. A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
  • n. A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  • n. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; -- called by chemists a Florence flask.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A man who interferes with the domestic duties of women, or engages in female occupations. Also called cot-betty.
  • n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Also called a bess, a jenny, and now a jimmy or jemmy.
  • n. A pear-shaped bottle, covered with maize-leaves or the like, in which olive-oil is exported from Italy; a Florence flask.
  • Word Usage
    "A brown betty is a fruit dessert that is similar in concept to a cobbler."
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    molly    Peggy    moppet    cotquean    mollycot    henhussy   
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    Bette    Donizetti    Getty    Giacometti    Hettie    Hetty    Lettie    Letty    Nettie    Rossetti   
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