adj, noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The ground. Jamaica

   "Rain a fall but dutty tough"

2. 2
   Alternative form of dhoti. alt-of, alternative

Adjective

1. 1
   dirty Jamaica, colloquial, slang

   "Let that be a lesson to never take you dutty, stinking, ghetto self uptown again."

Synonyms

All synonyms

beltwaistband

Example

More examples

"Let that be a lesson to never take you dutty, stinking, ghetto self uptown again."

Etymology

According to one source, from the Twi Akan word dutty (“ground”). Probably reinforced by the English terms dirt, dirty.

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