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Definition of Betty
1. n. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.
Definition of Betty
1. Proper noun. (diminutive=Elizabeth female given name). ¹
2. Noun. (slang slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe. (Confer w:Betty Page and w:Betty Rubble.) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Betty
1. a burglar's tool [n BETTIES]
Medical Definition of Betty
1. 1. [Supposed to be a cant word, from Betty, for Elizabeth, as such an instrument is also called Bess (i. E, Elizabeth) in the Canting Dictionary of 1725, and Jenny (i. E, Jane)] A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Alternative forms: bettee] "The powerful betty, or the artful picklock." (Arbuthnot) 2. [Betty, nickname for Elizabeth] A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters. 3. A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; called by chemists a Florence flask. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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