worthless woman

См. также в других словарях:

• Worthless — Worth less, a. [AS. weor[eth]le[ a]s.] Destitute of worth; having no value, virtue, excellence, dignity, or the like; undeserving; valueless; useless; vile; mean; as, a worthless garment; a worthless ship; a worthless man or woman; a worthless… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• baggage —    At the beginning of the seventeenth century it was possible to call a man ‘a baggage’, meaning that he was a worthless fellow, a nuisance. Apart from its luggage sense, the word at that time had also come to mean ‘rubbish’ or ‘refuse’. Applied …   A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

• housewife — Huswife Hus wife, n. [OE. huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. {Hussy} a housewife, {Housewife}.] [Written also {housewife}.] 1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. The bounteous huswife Nature. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Huswife — Hus wife, n. [OE. huswif; hus house + wif wife. Cf. {Hussy} a housewife, {Housewife}.] [Written also {housewife}.] 1. A female housekeeper; a woman who manages domestic affairs; a thirfty woman. The bounteous huswife Nature. Shak. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Torril — Tor ril, n. A worthless woman; also, a worthless horse. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• faggot — {{11}}faggot (1) late 13c., bundle of twigs bound up, from O.Fr. fagot bundle of sticks (13c.), of uncertain origin, probably from It. faggotto, dim. of V.L. *facus, from L. fascis bundle of wood (see FASCES (Cf. fasces)). Especially used for… …   Etymology dictionary

• Hussy — Hus sy, n. [Contr. fr. huswife.] 1. A housewife or housekeeper. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] 2. A worthless woman or girl; a forward wench; a jade; used as a term of contempt or reproach. Grew. [1913 Webster] 3. A pert girl; a frolicsome or sportive… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• hussy — noun /ˈhʌsi/ A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a worthless woman, a woman showing inappropriate or improper behaviour …   Wiktionary

• hus|sy — «HUHZ ee, HUHS », noun, plural sies. 1. a bad mannered or pert girl; minx: »The hussy dared to talk back to me! Alice may only turn out a story telling little hussy after all (William de Morgan). 2. a worthless woman; woman who flaunts her… …   Useful english dictionary

• British language — For other uses, see British language (disambiguation). For the language family, see Brythonic languages. British Spoken in Iron Age Britain, south of the Firth of Forth Extinct Developed into Old Welsh, Cumbric, Cornish and Breton by 600 AD …   Wikipedia

• Joseph Biggar — Joseph Gillis Biggar (1828–February 19 1890) commonly known as Joe BiggarD.D. Sheehan, [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13963/13963 h/13963 h.htm Ireland Since Parnell] , London: Daniel O Connor, 1921.] or J. G. Biggar, was an Irish nationalist… …   Wikipedia