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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

debby en · ADJ

Etymology

From deb + -y.

Meanings

  1. Like a debutante.
    • The Harbour Bar was full of Royal Navy officers with debby girls. The debbiest took McKinley and me sailing, and afterwards we drank tankards of Pimms in the Yacht Club. 1974, John Mellors, Shots in the Dark, page 89:

Forms

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debbiest Degree=Sup lexicographic
debbier Degree=Cmp lexicographic