canty
Americanadjective
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Etymology
Origin of canty
1715–25; < Low German kantig lively; akin to cant 3
Example Sentences
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Sae dainty, sae genty, sae canty an' keen, The wale o' the parish was Tipperty's Jean.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Buchan, Patrick
From commère comes Scot. cummer or kimmer— "A canty quean was Kate, and a special cummer of my ain."
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
I'm not so canty as you'll mind me.
From Checkmate by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither.
From The Wedding Ring A Series of Discourses for Husbands and Wives and Those Contemplating Matrimony by Talmage, T. De Witt (Thomas De Witt)
We may find a way of being useful to Meggy yet, and until then, as my mother says, 'let's be canty with thinking about it.'
From The Outdoor Girls in the Saddle Or, The Girl Miner of Gold Run by Hope, Laura Lee
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