hussy
noun/ˈhʌsi/
/ˈhʌsi/
(plural hussies)
(old-fashioned, disapproving)- a girl or woman who behaves in a way that is considered morally wrongWord Originlate Middle English: contraction of housewife (the original sense); the current sense dates from the mid 17th cent.
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