debby

See also: Debby

English

Etymology

deb +‎ -y

Adjective

debby (comparative debbier, superlative debbiest)

  1. Like a debutante.
    • 1974, John Mellors, Shots in the Dark, page 89:
      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.
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