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Noun

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arch doxy (plural arch doxies)

  1. (idiomatic, archaic) The head of a gang of female canters or gypsies.

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[Francis] Grose [et al.] (1811) “Arch doxy”, in Lexicon Balatronicum. A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence. [], London: [] C. Chappell, [], →OCLC.