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Hassie
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English
Etymology
From en Harriet, en Hazel and rare similar sounding names such as en Haseltine, en Haroldson + diminutive suffix en -y.
Proper noun
en female Harriet,Hazel.
en 1985 Arthur C. Inman; Daniel Aaron The Inman Diary: A Public and Private Confession 284 Harvard University Press 9780674454453 My little brother, he couldn't say Harriet. He called me 'Hassie'. 'Hassie' it's been ever since. I don't like it, but I giss nobody never had a name like it in the world.
en 1990 Reports of Cases Decided Between ... in the Supreme Court of Nebraska ... Grace and Robert Garner in Hickman, Nebraska, the movers, namely, Terry Reynolds and his wife, Hazel “Hassie” Reynolds, Tina Walker, and the Garners, ...