debby

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Debby¹

proper noun

  1. A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.

debby²

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From deb + -y.

adjective debbier · debbiest

  1. Like a debutante. 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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@misc{debby_2026,
  title = {debby},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/debby},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}