Crossword clues for betsy
betsy
- First name in flag makers
- Davy Crockett's rifle
- "Heavens to" woman
- "Breaking Bad" actress Brandt
- ''Heavens to'' woman
- ___ Wetsy (classic doll)
- US Secretary of Education DeVos
- Urinating doll of the 1950s-60s ___ Wetsy
- Trump cabinet member DeVos
- Title auto in a Harold Robbins novel
- Title auto in a 1978 Harold Robbins film
- She convinced George to switch to five-pointed stars, in American legend
- Sewing Ross
- Secretary of Education DeVos
- Ross on a 3-cent stamp
- Rawls or King of golf
- Pioneer of song who "crossed the wide mountains with her lover Ike"
- Patriot Ross
- Palmer or Ross
- Old __: Crockett's rifle
- Old ___, pet name of Davy Crockett's rifle
- Noted sewer (m)
- Miss Palmer
- Legendary flag maker Ross
- Legendary flag designer ___ Ross
- King of the LPGA
- Girl from Pike
- Famed Ross
- Early American seamstress ___ Ross
- Diminutive Elizabeth
- Destructive 1965 Atlantic hurricane
- Brandt of "Breaking Bad"
- Alternative to Liz
- "Old ___" (Davy Crockett's rifle)
- "Heavens to __!"
- "Heavens to ____!"
- "___'s Wedding" (1990 Molly Ringwald movie)
- 'Heavens to !'
- ___ Ross Bridge (Delaware crosser)
- Sweet girl of old song
- Musket's name, often
- Old ___ (Davy Crockett's rifle)
- "Heavens to ___!"
- First name in sewing
- Ross of fame
- Actress Blair
- ___ Wetsy (old doll)
- ___ Bobbin of the Oz books
- Flagmaker Ross (and, starting on the T, an 11-word quote that "runs" diagonally through the grid)
- Ross the flagmaker
- Philadelphia's ___ Ross Bridge
- ___ DeVos, noted school choice advocate
- Alternative nickname for Liz
- Seamstress Ross
- Harold Robbin novel, with "The"
- With 1 Down, Old Glory V.I.P.
- "Heavens" girl
- Actress Brandt of "Breaking Bad"
- First name in flag making
- Blair of "Marty"
- Ross or Palmer
- Colonial seamstress
- Ross of flag fame
- Flag maker Ross
- Flag-maker ____ Ross
- Famous Ross
- Ross with a needle
- American flag-maker Ross
- Ross on a commemorative 3-cent stamp
- Nickname like Liz
- Name in a Harold Robbins title
- LPGA great Rawls
- Heavenly woman?
- Heavenly girl?
- Harold Robbins novel (with "The")
- Flag sewer Ross
- First name in flags
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
fem. pet name, a diminutive of Bet, itself short for Elizabet or Elizabeth. Betsy as the typical a pet name for a favorite firearm is attested in American English by 1856 (compare Brown Bess, by 1785, British army slang for the old flintlock musket).
Wiktionary
Wikipedia
Betsy is an English name for females, used as a nickname for Elizabeth. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name:
- Betsy Ross (1752–1836), American patriot credited with sewing the first American flag
- Betsy Balcombe (1802−1871), English friend of Napoleon I during his exile at Saint Helena
- Betsy Blair, American actress
- Betsy Boze, American academic
- Betsy Butler, American politician
- Betsy Clifford, Canadian alpine skier
- Betsy Mix Cowles (1810–1876), American abolitionist
- Betsy Devine, American journalist
- Betsy Holden, American businesswoman
- Betsy Jolas, French composer
- Betsy Joslyn, American actress and singer
- Betsy King, American golfer
- Betsy McCaughey, American politician
- Betsy McLaughlin, American businesswoman
- Betsy Palmer, American actress
- Betsy Rawls, American golfer
- Betsy Saina, Kenyan athlete
Surname:
- Kevin Betsy
Category:English feminine given names
Betsy is a black and white longhaired Border Collie, credited with being one of the world's most intelligent dogs.
Betsy is both a given name and a surname.
Betsy may also refer to:
- Betsy Bobbin, a character in the Oz books
- Hurricane Betsy
- The Betsy, a film by Daniel Petrie
- Betsy-Tacy, a collection of books by Maud Hart Lovelace
- Betsy (as above) is the protagonist of the film Outbreak starring Dustin Hoffman
- Betsy or Old Betsy, guns owned by Davy Crockett
- Betsy (dog)
- Betsy (chimpanzee) 1957 Nasa research animal
Usage examples of "betsy".
Betsy vertelde aan den heer Hovel, dat Vincent hen verlaten had en misschien naar Amerika zou gaan.
The hovering dark-skinned anesthetist, who Betsy referred to as Madhuri, was ready to put her under.
By then, as she sat in the little parlor, a teacup atremble on one knee, a plate just balanced on the other, Betsy was beginning to flag.
Betsy were meant to be married until the stone in its old gold setting glimmered at him from a bowfront display window on Front Street.
Transcripts were transferred and Betsy, Glover, Brooks, Rollins, and Little Becky were registered for fall enrollment at the Towne High School in twelfth, eleventh, and ninth grades.
She placed going-away hats on them all-cowboy hats on Brooks and Rollins, caps and gowns on Betsy and Andy.
There was heroism in the way she brought herself under control and I turned around to see her ex-husband and my ex-friend Capers Middleton walking in with his second wife, Betsy.
The entire Cushman household seemed to be on a downslide, with Lindy and Betsy its innocent victims.
You ask around Encinal for Betsy Ann Larker, somebody is bound to know her.
The local taxi, a long station wagon with rocket-age fins and writing on its side, dropped off Ginger and Betsy and their gypsyish and disheveled bundles and satchels in a confusion of lamplight and opening doors and asking and answering voices.
Betsy was swaying and staggering from side to side, wagging her head foolishly and mooing in the most maudlin manner, while Sally, whose potations affected her quite differently, was cavorting madly thither and yonder, one moment almost standing upon her head, with hind legs and tail waving wildly in midair, the next with the order reversed and pawing frantically at the clouds.
He had stayed at the Days Inn in Nampa and dedicated one day to driving up to the Palouse to visit his parents, then, after making sure that Betsy needed nothing more, had flown back to D.
Betsy returned and placed a bowl of posole, a bowl of sopa and a large glass of milk before Jack then resumed her spot at the table.
Eline den morgen na heure uitbarsting van verdriet beneden kwam, om te ontbijten, was Henk reeds de deur uit, op weg naar den stal, waar zijne paarden en tevens zijne beide, door Betsy niet in huis gedulde, Ulmerdoggen verzorgd werden.
Zij had reeds afscheid genomen en wachtte op Betsy, die nog terloops met den heer Verstraeten sprak, en zij was op het punt iets tot Freddy te zeggen.