betty

Meanings

Plural: betties

Noun

A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
A picklock, skeleton key; a tool for opening locks.
A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; (originally) an effeminate or gay man.
A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.
An attractive woman; a babe.

Verb

To pick a lock, to open with a betty.
To be overly attentive to someone or something.

Origin / Etymology

From Betty (nickname for “Elizabeth”). In thieves’ cant a tool for wrenching locked doors is also called a Bess (from “Elizabeth”) or a Jenny. The “attractive woman” sense may relate to the character Betty Rubble in the cartoon The Flintstones.

Synonyms

beautiful woman, cot-betty, cot-quean, henhussy, molly

Scrabble Score: 10

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Words With Friends Score: 0

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