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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DOXY, n. A prostitute.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a woman who cohabits with an important man [syn: concubine, courtesan, doxy, paramour]

Merriam Webster's

also doxie noun (plural doxies) Etymology: perhaps modification of obsolete Dutch docke doll, from Middle Dutch Date: 1515 1. floozy, prostitute 2. mistress 4a

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. (pl. -ies) literary 1 a lover or mistress. 2 a prostitute. Etymology: 16th-c. cant: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Doxy Dox"y, n.; pl. Doxies. [See Duck a pet.] A loose wench; a disreputable sweetheart. --Shak.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Mistress, paramour. 2. Prostitute, strumpet, harlot, whore, drab, street-walker, Cyprian, night-walker, punk, woman of the town. See courtesan.

Moby Thesaurus

chippy, concubine, floozy, girl friend, grisette, inamorata, kept mistress, kept woman, lover, mistress, nymph, nymphet, paramour, playmate, tart, unofficial wife, wanton, woman