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debby

debby adjective: like a debutante.

Adjective

debby (comparative debbier, superlative debbiest)

  1. Like a debutante.
    • The Harbour Bar was full of Royal Navy officers with debby girls. The debbiest took McKinley and me sailing, and afterwards we drank tankards of Pimms in the Yacht Club.1974, John Mellors, Shots in the Dark, page 89

Proper noun capitalized: Debby

Debby

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.

Forms of debby

comparativedebbier
superlativedebbiest

Origin of debby

From deb + -y.

From Deborah + -y.

Questions about debby

What does debby mean?
Debby means like a debutante.
What part of speech is debby?
Debby can be an adjective or a proper noun.

Words near debby in the dictionary

  1. Debbie Downers
  2. debbier
  3. debbiest
  4. debbil
  5. debbils
  6. debby
  7. Debden
  8. debe
  9. debeak
  10. debeaked
  11. debeaking

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