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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Corruption of flossy in the sense of showy.
Pronunciation
Noun
floozie (plural floozies)
- A vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman; a hussy or slattern.
1946, Milton “Mezz” Mezzrow, Bernard Wolfe, “If You Can’t Make Money”, in Really the Blues, New York, N.Y.: Random House, book 3 (1928–1935: The Big Apple), page 183:A bunch of ugly-looking gangsters had taken the joint over for a big party, and they were all wobbling around the floor with their floozies, so drunk they could hardly stand.
1984 September 27, Serena, “L.A. Dee Da: On The Streets”, in L.A. Weekly, Los Angeles, page 46:[T]he lead singer found his girlfriend bumping uglies in the dark with the roadie. But then said singer was with a blonde floozie himself—see what being on an L.A. trash-band bill can do to ya?
- A prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets.
2012 March 19, David Denby, “Everybody Comes to Rick’s: “Casablanca” on the Big Screen”, in The New Yorker:There are refugees and black marketers, defrocked bankers and resistance fighters, gamblers, floozies, French colonial policemen, American and Spanish entertainers, and, eventually, Nazi officers (who in reality never set foot in Casablanca).
Synonyms
Translations
vulgar or sexually promiscuous woman
prostitute who attracts customers by walking the streets
Further reading
- Jonathon Green (2024) “floozy n.”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang
- Eric Partridge (2005) “floozie; floozy; floosie; floosy”, in Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor, editors, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, volumes 1 (A–I), London, New York, N.Y.: Routledge, →ISBN, page 773.