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cutie slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈkjuːtɪ|
Also cutey.
[f. cute a. + -ie.]
A cute person; esp. an attractive young woman. (In quot. 1768 the sense is ‘a superficially clever person’.)
1768in A. Hare Georgian Theatre in Wessex (1958) iv. 72 Let shallow Cuties, who, in Love with Sound, Care not a Pin if Action's never found. 1917D. G. Phillips S. Lenox II. viii. 204 It was the bartender. ‘Evening, cutie,’ he said. ‘What'll you have?’ ‘Some rye whiskey,’ replied Susan. 1923R. D. Paine Comr. Rolling Ocean viii. 130 Her friends thought she was a cutey for turning the trick. 1927‘J. Barbican’ Confess. Rum-Runner xiv. 149 He goes about with a high-stepping cutie who's ace-high on the face and figure. 1927Daily Express 5 Dec. 13 His sweetheart, a ‘cabaret cutie’. 1945W. Plomer Dorking Thigh 20 Just like a young cutie Between the wars.
▸ cutie-pie n. and adj. (a) n. a cute person, a cutie (cf. sweetie-pie at sweetie n. 2b); (b) adj. = cutesy adj.
In quot. 1920 as the name of a pet cat.
1920Washington Post 11 Jan. (Mag. section) 5/2 This cat..was named Kutipi, pronounced *Cutie-Pie. 1940D. Powell Angels on Toast (1989) ii. 22 Her hair was reddish gold tonight..and instead of the cutie-pie curls it was arranged in two plaits around her head. 1946Port Arthur (Texas) News 18 Feb. 4/2 Locking paws with a cutie-pie or patting her knees under a cafe table. 1995GQ Jan. 40/1 Despite the almost universal scorn for their cutie-pie, walking-against-the-wind antics, these relics [i.e. mimes] still clutter up any area closed to vehicular traffic. 2001Heat 27 Oct.–2 Nov. 77/1 An absolute cutie pie and a very happy kid. |