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Betty vs Tetty - What's the difference?

betty | tetty |

As a noun betty

is an attractive woman; a babe.

As a proper noun Betty

is {{given name|female|diminutive=Elizabeth}}.

As an adjective tetty is

testy; irritable.

betty

English

Alternative forms

* (bar used by thieves to open doors) bettee * (attractive woman) Betty

Noun

(betties)
  • (slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.
  • A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jemmy.
  • * Arbuthnot
  • The powerful betty , or the artful picklock.
  • (archaic, derogatory) A man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.
  • (US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
  • (Bartlett)
    (Webster 1913)

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    tetty

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) testy; irritable
  • (Burton)
    (Webster 1913)