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Rorty

//ˈɹɔː(ɹ)ti// adj, name, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Boisterous, rowdy, saucy, dissipated, or risqué. British, informal

    ""Tell us a good story, Rodney — one of your rorty ones." / Mr. Rodney shrivelled. / "I fear," he murmured — "I fear I am scarcely in the — er — rorty vein to-night.""

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname

Etymology

19th century UK. Unknown etymology. Farmer (1903) categorises the term as costermongers' slang.

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