debby

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adjective

Like a debutante.

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Meanings

debby1

adjectivedebby (comparative debbier, superlative debbiest)

comparative debbier · superlative 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.

    1974, John Mellors, Shots in the Dark, page 89

Debby2

proper noun
  1. A diminutive of the female given name Deborah.

Origin

debby · adjective

From deb + -y.

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Debby · proper noun

From Deborah + -y.

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Cite this entry
APA

debby. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debby

MLA

“debby.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debby. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “debby,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/debby.

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