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Definition of blowsy adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

blowsy

adjective
 
/ˈblaʊzi/
 
/ˈblaʊzi/
(also blowzy)
(British English, informal, disapproving)
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  1. an offensive way to describe a woman who you think looks large, fat and untidy
    Word Originearly 17th cent.: from obsolete blowze ‘beggar's female companion’, of unknown origin.
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