passy

passy

slang A pacifier, a rubber nipple attached to a plastic ring that a baby or toddler sucks on to be calmed or contented. Our eldest son had his passy until he was nearly six! We wanted to make sure none of our kids ever needed passies to go to sleep or calm down after a tantrum.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

passy

n. a baby’s pacifier. (Baby talk.) Does little Johnnie want his passy?
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • storm around
  • those were the days
  • never felt better
  • nip slip
  • never (been) better
  • never been better
  • has the world by the tail
  • have the world by the tail
  • It sucks
  • it/that sucks
References in periodicals archive
"We did not cause it, but we were its victim, and this was the attack against Pope John Paul II and we wanted this dark spot to be cleared of Bulgaria," Solomon Passy said.
Some historians go so far as to claim "that the French played a significant role in their own liberation through intelligence collection, sabotage, and guerrilla actions against the German occupiers became a 'necessary myth' in postwar France/' serving as "a psychological crutch that helped France limp beyond the humiliation of 1940." (8) The legacy of the collection capabilities, both in terms of breadth and depth, of the French Resistance was significant enough for Dewavrin's (Passy's) 1998 New York Times obituary to assert that, "by D-Day, June 6, 1944, Mr.
'My favorite aunt was still alive, my auntie Passy...' wrote Aquino.
school represented by Bastiat and his aging follower Frederic Passy, a
Moreover, I can guarantee you that even if we lose, the tight schedule won't be mentioned even once by us," Passy explained.
Shopping centres investor Eurocommercial Properties (Euronext:ECMPA) confirmed today that it has entered into an agreement to sell the Passy Plaza shopping centre in Paris.
Even here, they maintain the family tradition of helping others - cousin Ibrahim Ibrahim, 22, has moved in, brother-in-law Luis Romero, 23, is resident while he studies for his soccer coaching badge, and Passy's baby son Romeo, 18 months, is there too.
of Geneva) and Passy (political and international studies, U.
Mr Schmit had discussed the issue with Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy on March 8.
Soloman Passy, the group's current chairman-in-office (and minister of foreign affairs for Bulgaria), pointedly acknowledged as much during a May 7 briefing to the UN Security Council.
I must stop to congratulate my good friend, your Foreign Minister, Solomon Passy, for all the hard work that he put into this historic vote in our United States Senate, and also to congratulate your distinguished Ambassador to the United States.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi and Bulgarian Foreign Minister Solomon Passy agreed Thursday that a new U.N.
CS: And what does that inscription "L'ermite de Passy" mean?
Eurotours have a package which includes first-class travel from Waterloo on Eurostar and two nights B&B at the Hotel Passy Eiffel for pounds 249 per person.
2 Soler's previous explorations of the fully-glazed facade include his winning scheme for the ill-fated Quai Branly international conference centre (AR June 1990) and his winning but unbuilt competition for private housing at the Parc de Passy 1988, with Bertrand Bonnier.