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Basement Betty n. a woman who runs a business out of her home (in competition with store-based businesses). A less common male equivalent is Basement Bob. Citations, subject labels, and comments can be found on the Double-Tongued Dictionary web site: http://dtww.org/index.php/dictionary/basement_betty/
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