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hussif (HUH-sif) - (UK) (obs.) n., a small sewing kit.
Also called a housewife or hussy, this was often in the form of a strip of cloth with pockets, folded over into a wallet and then tied closed, but sometimes was a small bag that could be hung from a belt. In addition to domestic uses, these were also (in times and places) part of a British soldier's kit. The original form of the word is housewife. (This is also the origin of hussy in the somewhat outdated modern sense of an immoral woman.)
---L.
Also called a housewife or hussy, this was often in the form of a strip of cloth with pockets, folded over into a wallet and then tied closed, but sometimes was a small bag that could be hung from a belt. In addition to domestic uses, these were also (in times and places) part of a British soldier's kit. The original form of the word is housewife. (This is also the origin of hussy in the somewhat outdated modern sense of an immoral woman.)
---L.
