canty
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of canty
1715–25; < Low German kantig lively; akin to cant 3
Example Sentences
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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)
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
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
Contented I lived in my canty auld biggin', 'Till Britain grew wud wi' the threats o' a foe; Then I drew my claymore frae the heather-clad riggin', My forefathers wielded some cent'ries ago.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Until a pow as auld’s Methusalem He canty claw!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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