"mopsy" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈmɒpsi/ Forms: mopsies [plural]
Etymology: From mop + -sy. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|mop|sy}} mop + -sy Head templates: {{en-noun}} mopsy (plural mopsies)
  1. Synonym of moppet. Synonyms: moppet [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mopsy-en-noun-tucrl9VY Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -sy, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -sy: 76 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 43 10 16 16 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 44 10 16 16 16
  2. (obsolete) A slatternly, untidy woman. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-mopsy-en-noun-UYzNZB0H
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mopsey Derived forms: Mopsy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "ref": "1583, P. Stubbes, The Puritan's Anatomie of Abuses:",
          "text": "rich hande-kercheefes, in their handes, and sometymes laied acrosse over their shoulders and neckes, borrowed for the moste parte of their pretie Mopsies and loovyng Bessies for bussyng them in the darcke",
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          "ref": "1936, Anthony Bertram, Like the Phoenix:",
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        "(obsolete) A slatternly, untidy woman."
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