blousie

From blouse +‎ -ie.

blousie (plural blousies)

1. (colloquial, rare) Diminutive of blouse.
   • 1923, Dorothy Foster Gilman, Lorraine: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, →OCLC, page 251:

     The Melican Mem had given her two dollars (a vast sum) and something called a “blousie” which, worn with a skirt, made “Martha” look more completely Christian than before.

   • 1945 October 27, Glen Curtis, “Odd Audrey”, in Pittsburgh Courier, Pittsburgh, Pa.: Pittsburgh Courier Publishing Co., →OCLC, page 7, column 5:

     She never evidenced restraint / In maying moozy-oozy; / And oft I carried off her paint / Upon my little blousie.

   • 1968, Alton Harsh, The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz, New York, N.Y.: Popular Library, →OCLC, page 26:

     “I hear a zipper!” Klaus sang out as the curtains rubbed on the rod. “Music to my ears! Was that your little skirt, princess?” / “That was my little skirt,” Paula said grimly. / “And now what is coming off,” the Minister called, “your little blousie?”

   • 2002 January 19, maf1029, “OT: Dutch Humor”, in alt.support.autism‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     > > > -> Ze wast haar bloesie
     She washes her little blouse (blousie?)

   • 2003 March 3, MaryM, “OT Urgent Undies ?”, in rec.arts.mystery‎^[2] (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Yes! I've always hated that word [panties]! MaryWM (who also doesn't wear socksies, or blue jeannies, or blousies...or any other too damn cutesy a term to apply to a grown woman)

   • 2005 May 2, David Hageman, “Brian Roberts League MVP”, in alt.sports.baseball.balt-orioles‎^[3] (Usenet), archived from the original on 30 August 2025:

     Mr. PHP wrote:
     > Frank Robinson wears a Nationals' uniform. Maz wears the hat, but
     > not the jersey...
     >
     > What is up with that?
     Maybe he feels the blousie slicker hides his beer gut? ;^)