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Cutty

//ˈkʌti// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Short, shortened, or small; curtailed. Northern-England, Scotland
  2. 2
    Having many cuts.
  3. 3
    Sharp, cutting easily.
Noun
  1. 1
    A short spoon. Scotland
  2. 2
    A short tobacco pipe; a cutty-pipe. Scotland

    "I'm no sae scant of clean pipes as to blaw wi' a brunt cutty."

  3. 3
    A wanton or unchaste woman. Scotland, archaic

    "“And me coming a this way out o' my gate to pleasure you, ye ungrateful cutty,”"

  4. 4
    A girl with a short, dumpy figure. Scotland, archaic
  5. 5
    A girl or young woman. Northern-Ireland, Ulster

    "A man who reared ten cubs and three cutties."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From cut + -y.

Etymology 2

From cut + -y.

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