betty
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A baked dessert made with alternating layers of sweetened fruit and buttered bread crumbs.
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(slang, slightly pejorative) An attractive woman; a babe.
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(slang) A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open; a jimmy.
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(slang) A picklock, skeleton key; a tool for opening locks.
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(archaic, derogatory) A man who performs tasks that traditionally belong to a woman; (originally) an effeminate or gay man.
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(US, archaic) A pear-shaped bottle covered with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy; a Florence flask.
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A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
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(slang, derogatory) A girl who hangs out with skateboarders or surfers.
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To pick a lock, to open with a betty.
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(archaic) To be overly attentive to someone or something.
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