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Hussy vs Mussy - What's the difference?

hussy | mussy |

As nouns the difference between hussy and mussy

is that hussy is a housewife or housekeeper while mussy is eye dialect of from=African American Vernacular English lang=en.

As an adjective mussy is

having been mussed, messy, rumpled.

hussy

English

Noun

(hussies)
  • (lb) A housewife or housekeeper.
  • A cheeky or disrespectful girl; a woman showing inappropriate or improper behaviour.
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  • *:Molly the dairymaid came a little way from the rickyard, and said she would pluck the pigeon that very night after work. She was always ready to do anything for us boys; and we could never quite make out why they scolded her so for an idle hussy indoors. It seemed so unjust. Looking back, I recollect she had very beautiful brown eyes.
  • (lb) A case or bag for needles, thread, etc.

    • Synonyms

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    mussy

    English

    Etymology 1

    From .

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • having been mussed, messy, rumpled.

    • Etymology 2

    African-American dialect pronunciation of mercy.

    Noun

  • * 1937 , , Their Eyes Were Watching God , Harper Perennial (2000), page 170:
    • God have mussy !