rorty
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adjective
adjective
Fine, jolly; also, boisterous, noisy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic. (1882 —) .
W. Tute The rorty brigadier must have a taste for lean stringy meat, though of course she had been a baronet's daughter and that made up for a lot (1969).
[Of unknown origin.]
adjective
Fine, jolly; also, boisterous, noisy; coarse or earthy; crudely comic. (1882 —) .
W. Tute The rorty brigadier must have a taste for lean stringy meat, though of course she had been a baronet's daughter and that made up for a lot (1969).
[Of unknown origin.]
| rort, ropeable, rope-yarn | |
| roscoe, rose, rosin-back |
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