Meaning of Bitchy | Babel Free
ˈbɪt͡ʃiDefinitions
Noun. [C2]
Equivalents
Examples
“He was ſtretched upon a ſopha—with boots on—a terrier lay on one ſide of him, and he occaſionally embraced a large hound, which licked his face and hands, while he thus addreſſed it.—“Oh! thou dear bitchy—thou beautiful bitchy—damme, if I don’t love thee better than my mother or my ſiſters.””
“Well, that’s all right, thinks I, and uncommon kind every body was to us—I mean, Gracy and I; and the young missus, a slim, fair-skinn’d girl, with coal-black eyes and hair, and a brow of her own as smooth and white as an ivory fid—ay, as pretty a soul, Mr. Thompson, as you’d wish to look on—she took such a fancy to the poor bitchy, and made me tell about her hangin’ on by my hat, in the surf, so often, that I see’d she was crazy to have the beast; so, knowin’ as such a berth didn’t cast up every day, I told her she might keep Gracy if she was so minded; and, to be sure, how pleased that young woman was, he, he, he! She hugg’d and kiss’d, and laughed and cried over that little black curly devil, all at the same spell; […]”
“The Master dismounted, sending on his horse to the western end of the covert, and climbing the bank of the wood was swallowed up in jungle, from whose depths we could dimly hear him cheering the hounds in the well-remembered way: “Thatsy-atsy-atsy, my darlin’s! Find him for me Thruelass and Naygress, good bitchies!””
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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