Betty

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open.

II. Betty ·noun A name of contempt given to a man who interferes with the duties of women in a household, or who occupies himself with womanish matters.

III. Betty ·noun A pear-shaped bottle covered round with straw, in which olive oil is sometimes brought from Italy;

— called by chemists a Florence flask.

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