flossie

name

1. A diminutive of the female given name Florence.

   “'Otto's at a conference about Free Open-Source Software. It's his big passion. That's why we called the baby Flossie―F-O-S-S. The French geeks stuck an 'L' in for femininity.'”

2. A diminutive of the female given name Flora.

   “"Big School is more fun than Primary School," said Flossie to her mother as they both sat at the kitchen table, eating their lunch together. "Isn't it, Mum?"”

noun

1. (slang)A sexually promiscuous person (usually a woman); a sex worker, prostitute.

   “Has all the essential qualities of manhood from standing on the street corner flirting with pretty flossies to arguing with his professors on disputed points of psychology”

   “There are about 200 male and female “flossies” who come to the University of Texas solely for a good time, Dr. Robert E. Vinson, presi­dent of the university, declar­ed”

   “Somehow all decent men seem to become entangled with a Flossie in their youth. The more decent they are, the flossier the Flossies.”

   “‘Not tonight, lovey. I’ve seen better flossies on the battlefields of France and they came cheaper too.’”