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Definition of "doxy" [dox•y]

  • Slang A female lover; a mistress. (noun)
  • Slang A sexually promiscuous woman. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "doxy" in a sentence
  • ""Orthodoxy, my lord, is _my doxy_, and heterodoxy is _another man's_ doxy.""
  • "Thus I perceived that every cock of the game used to call his doxy his hatchet; for with that same tool"
  • "Gervase preferred a more refined kind of doxy, but he hadn't had a woman in weeks and this one was clearly available and willing."