- a variation of blowsy.
blowzy
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And the character of Martha, whom Albee described as “ample,” is usually played as blowzy.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2022
Sometimes, when I look at who gets nominated for an Oscar, I want to channel Kristen Johnston’s blowzy socialite from “Sex and the City” and exclaim, “No one’s fun anymore! Whatever happened to fun?”
From New York Times ● Jan. 12, 2022
Even a fizzled Faust on Broadway would have made a big, blowzy splash, and would surely have given succor to the new, pop-fluent generation of musical theater writers.
From Slate ● Jul. 1, 2014
His muse and co-writer, Amy Davis, plays a blowzy Santa Fe dimwit who gets a brain boost when she consumes a piece of contaminated pork.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2014
These blowzy women with their little hats and their clippings hungered for attention.
From "Travels with Charley in Search of America" by John Steinbeck
