lezzien.adj.

?1939 ‘Justinian’ Americana Sexualis 28 Lezzie, a Lesbian.

1955 ‘A. Aldrich’ We walk Alone i. 9 ‘I can always tell a “lessie”,’ a young Yale man who claimed to be a student of psychology told me one Saturday evening as he sat beside me in a Greenwich Village ‘gay’ bar, frequented by many female homosexuals.

1956 ‘B. Holiday’ & W. Dufty Lady sings Blues ix. 103 I've known black chicks in show business who were as feminine as me, but before long they got acting like lezzies because it's so easy.

1965 L. Meynell Double Fault i. viii. 71 These Lessies are touchy; they just can't stand it when the girl friend leaves them.

1968 L. Berg Risinghill 122 What is a ‘Lesie’?

2003 S.-L. Parks Getting Mother's Body 34 They call me bulldagger, dyke, lezzy, what-have-you.

2005 H. Mantel Beyond Black vii. 264 I always thought you were a bit of a lezzie, Col.

1966 I. Jefferies House-surgeon iii. 37 ‘Is she like that with all the house-men?’ ‘Not the girls; she's lezzy as hell.’

1972 L. P. Davies What did I do Tomorrow? vi. 74 There's so much homo and lessie stuff knocking about these days.

1996 Time Out N.Y. 14 Feb. 53/2 Finally a ménage à trois that includes some major lezzie action.

1998 A. Warner Sopranos 316 It was all ‘lezzie whoor; what if Dad finds out,’ you could see she was furious.

2009 N.Z. Herald (Nexis) 4 Oct. I was rocking a lezzy chic look.