floozie

• floozy, floosy, floosie, floogy

Corruption of flossy in the sense of showy.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈfluː.zi/

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• Rhymes: -uːzi

floozie (plural floozies)

1. A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
   • 1957, Jack Kerouac, chapter 13, in On the Road, Viking Press, OCLC 43419454, part 1:

     «Sure thing. You going with that little Mexican floozy?»

   • 1976, Saul Bellow, Humboldt's Gift, New York: Avon, →ISBN, page 418:

     Now I was a forsaken codger snuffling disgracefully from a beautiful floozy's abuse.

2. A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.

• see Thesaurus:promiscuous woman