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pussy-bow

pussy-bow is the alternative spelling of pussy bow.

Meaning of pussy bow

Noun

pussy bow (plural pussy bows)

  1. A large, floppy bow on an item of clothing, often a blouse or shirt.
    • When it comes to the blouse, the pussy bow is a recurring headline grabber ... think Maggie Thatcher in her super-austere 80s phase, or Maggie Gyllenhaal causing quite the stir in The Secretary.2009 April 11, Simon Chilvers, “Look the business: the blouse”, in The Guardian

Forms of pussy-bow

pluralpussy-bows

Questions about pussy-bow

What is pussy-bow the alternative spelling of?
Pussy-bow is the alternative spelling of pussy bow.

Words near pussy-bow in the dictionary

  1. pussy whipping
  2. pussy whips
  3. pussy willow
  4. pussy willows
  5. pussy-ass
  6. pussy-bow
  7. pussy-boy
  8. pussy-boys
  9. pussy-cat
  10. pussy-cats
  11. pussy-whip

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pussy-bow (page history and authors); pussy bow (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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