bettor (bet or)

Another form of better2. betty (bet'i), n.; pl. betties (-iz). [From the fem. name Betty, dim. of Bet (cf. equiv. OF. Beti, Betie, also Betiaine, Betion, Betionette ), abbr. of Elizabet, Elizabeth.] 1. A man who interferes with the domestic duties of women, or engages in female occupations. Also called cot-betty. [Used in contempt.] -2t. A short bar used by thieves to wrench doors open. Also called a be , a jenny, and now a jimmy or jemmy. [Thieves' slang.] The powerful betty or the artful picklock. Arbuthnot, Hist. John Bull. 3. A pear-shaped bottle, covered with maize leaves or the like, in which olive-oil is exported from Italy; a Florence flask.