hussies

noun

plural of hussy
as in prostitutes
a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman "Grandma, you hussy!" joked the girl when her grandmother admitted kissing on her first date

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  1. prostitutes
  2. sirens
  3. tramps
Noun
  • The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.
    — Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
  • Under colonial rule hijras were accused of acting as male prostitutes and of kidnapping and castrating children to grow their community.
    — Charles Preston, Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
Definition of prostitutes
Noun
  • Tornado warning sirens blared in Illinois and Indiana, and all flights were stopped by late morning at Chicago's two major airports.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The booming, 10-inch speaker device is intended to connect with drivers who, in the view of law enforcement, are yielding less frequently to emergency sirens.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of sirens
Noun
  • The scene inspired future comedy gags showing drifters and tramps losing their pants to dogs chasing them.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Told in a lingua franca of philosophy and academic jargon, Lucky’s speech has something to do with the collapse of reason and logic, and the futility of human progress, which is ultimately what tramps Estragon (Reeves) and Vladimir (Winter) are up against, too.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Dec. 2025
Definition of tramps
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