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noun

Betty n.

A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. (Written also bettee) "The powerful betty, or the artful picklock."

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.

A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; called by chemists a Florence flask. (U. S.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... From the same.— Copy of the license; with his observations upon it. His scheme for annual marriages. He is preparing with Lady Betty and Miss Montague to wait upon Clarissa. Who these pretended ladies are. How dressed. They give themselves airs of quality. Humourously instructs them how to ...

— Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) - The History Of A Young Lady • Samuel Richardson

... Betty bouncer kept a stall At the corner of a street, And she had a smile for all. Many were the friends she'd greet With kindly nod on passing by, Who, smiling, ...

— Pipe and Pouch - The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry • Various

... hat came off, and every head was bent. To many of them James Cruise was no more than a name salvaged from the shocking experiences of those first dreadful days. Few of them had come in actual contact with him. The time had been too short. But Betty Cruise, his widow, was known to all of them, high and low. They had watched over her, and protected her, and slaved for her, for besides pity there was in every man's soul the fiercest desire that nothing,—absolutely nothing,—should be left undone to insure the happy delivery ...

— West Wind Drift • George Barr McCutcheon

... Purse A Bachelor's Establishment The Government Clerks Modeste Mignon Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The Firm of Nucingen The Muse of the Department Cousin Betty The Member for Arcis Beatrix A Man of Business Gaudissart II. ...

— Cousin Pons • Honore de Balzac

... went out leading him by the hand, whilst he held his handkerchief to his eyes. I spoke to him in the most piteous and afflicted tone, bewailing bitterly the negligence of Evans, who had ruined me by her delay. Then I said, 'My dear Mrs. Betty, for the love of God, run quickly and bring her with you; you know my lodging, and if you ever made dispatch in your life, do it at present: I am almost distracted with this disappointment.' The guards opened the door, and I went down stairs with him, still conjuring him to make all possible ...

— Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 - Volume II. • Mrs. Thomson

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