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flossie

US/ˈflɑ.si/

flossie noun: a sexually promiscuous person (usually a woman); a sex worker, prostitute.

Noun

flossie (plural flossies)

  1. (slang) A sexually promiscuous person (usually a woman); a sex worker, prostitute.
    • Has all the essential qualities of manhood from standing on the street corner flirting with pretty flossies to arguing with his professors on disputed points of psychology1908, Agromeck, North Carolina State University Student Publication Authority, page 47
    • There are about 200 male and female “flossies” who come to the University of Texas solely for a good time, Dr. Robert E. Vinson, presi­dent of the university, declar­ed1922 February 16, “Presence of “flossies” holds entire school”, in Ada Evening News, Ada, Oklahoma

Proper noun capitalized: Flossie

Flossie

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Florence.
    • 'Otto's at a conference about Free Open-Source Software. It's his big passion. That's why we called the baby Flossie―F-O-S-S. The French geeks stuck an 'L' in for femininity.'2012, Marina Lewycka, Various Pets Alive and Dead, Fig Tree, →ISBN, page 291
  2. A diminutive of the female given name Flora.
    • "Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?"1982, Hunter Davies, Flossie Teacake's Fur Coat

flossie meaning in Bengali

flossie in Bengali

যৌনভাবে অসংযমী ব্যক্তি, যৌনকর্মী, পতিতা

Examples of flossie in a sentence

  • Somehow all decent men seem to become entangled with a Flossie in their youth.1934 April, P. O'C [Peter O'Crotty], “Alpine Aria”, in The Villager, page 8:
  • I’ve seen better flossies on the battlefields of France and they came cheaper too.’1986, Iris Gower, Morgan’s Woman, page 202:

Forms of flossie

pluralflossies

Origin of flossie

Likely from flossy “resembling floss”, thus “showy” or “soft”. Compare floozie. Possibly from Flossie, diminutive of Florence or Flora. Attested from the beginning of the 20th century.

Questions about flossie

What does flossie mean?
Flossie means a sexually promiscuous person (usually a woman); a sex worker, prostitute.
What is flossie in Bengali?
Flossie in Bengali is যৌনভাবে অসংযমী ব্যক্তি, যৌনকর্মী, পতিতা. See Flossie meaning in Bengali.
How do you use flossie in a sentence?
Somehow all decent men seem to become entangled with a Flossie in their youth.
What part of speech is flossie?
Flossie can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce flossie?
Flossie is pronounced /ˈflɑ.si/ (US).
What is the plural of flossie?
The plural of flossie is flossies.

Words near flossie in the dictionary

  1. flosser
  2. flossers
  3. flosses
  4. flossflower
  5. flossible
  6. flossie
  7. flossier
  8. flossies
  9. flossiest
  10. flossification
  11. flossily

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Adapted from Wiktionary: flossie (page history and authors); Flossie (page history and authors); flossie (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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