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The same two for me Jolan.
#1 en fete
#4 second-hand.

I always spelt sissy with a C (wrong!).
I was nowhere near that one anyway as I was looking for a word containing DD!

Thanks Jolan. I always enjoy your clueing.

Ah. Never heard of sissy for blouse. Isn't in my Chambers either.

ari, do you not have the expression "big girl's blouse" in the US? Calling someone by that name is calling them a sissy

I just saw that online, jazzgirl. Never heard it in my life! Got to be a Britishism.

Hi Aristo, "Big girl's blouse" is an expression meaning "sissy".

a big girl's blouse (British & Australian humorous)
a man or a boy who behaves in a way which other men think is how a woman would behave, especially if they show they are frightened of something Come on you big girl's blouse, drink up and I'll get you another pint.

In my Chamber's under "big" ....

What an odd expression. Nowadays we'd be arrested for using it here- though I suppose the speech police would have to know what it means first.

Straddling both sides of your oceans...
http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2012/01/frasers-phrases-puts-on-a-big-girls-blouse/

Very interesting, AB.
I must say it's frowned upon to refer to someone as a double D too. :)