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Definition of Mopsy
1. a woman who wears dowdy clothes [n MOPSIES]
Medical Definition of Mopsy
1. 1. A moppet. 2. A slatternly, untidy woman. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mopsy
Literary usage of Mopsy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Thomas a Kempis, Imit. of Christ (trans.), i. 3. mops, mopsy .... Also mopsy-eyi'd.
What a inope-cy'd ass was I, I could not know her ! ..."
2. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"She held out her hand, and called it by its name, and, would you believe it?
it no sooner heard her voice than it came scampering up.—Poor mopsy, said she, ..."
3. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1895)
"Bismarck and mopsy; 4 Bell; 5 Rose ; 20 to 100 others. Won by head ; 4 lengths bet.
2d and 3d. Time, 1:20%. 6 Puree $300. Selling. 1 mile. ..."
4. World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls: One Hundred and Eighty-seven by William James Sly (1914)
"There too were the maids and servants in their queer clothes, and mopsy, ...
At the same moment all the maids and servants, and even mopsy, awoke and looked ..."
5. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Thomas a Kempis, Imit. of Christ (trans.), i. 3. mops, mopsy .... Also mopsy-eyi'd.
What a inope-cy'd ass was I, I could not know her ! ..."
6. Translation of the Letters of a Hindoo Rajah: Written Previous To, and by Elizabeth Hamilton (1811)
"She held out her hand, and called it by its name, and, would you believe it?
it no sooner heard her voice than it came scampering up.—Poor mopsy, said she, ..."
7. Goodwin's Official Annual Turf Guide for ...Horse racing (1895)
"Bismarck and mopsy; 4 Bell; 5 Rose ; 20 to 100 others. Won by head ; 4 lengths bet.
2d and 3d. Time, 1:20%. 6 Puree $300. Selling. 1 mile. ..."
8. World Stories Retold for Modern Boys and Girls: One Hundred and Eighty-seven by William James Sly (1914)
"There too were the maids and servants in their queer clothes, and mopsy, ...
At the same moment all the maids and servants, and even mopsy, awoke and looked ..."
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