dorty
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- dortiness noun
Etymology
Origin of dorty
1505–15; dort sulkiness (< ?) + -y 1
Example Sentences
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What's like a dorty maiden when she's auld?
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
And now, ye chosen Five-and-Forty, May still you mither's heart support ye; Then, tho'a minister grow dorty, An' kick your place, Ye'll snap your gingers, poor an' hearty, Before his face.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
An’ now, ye chosen Five-and-Forty, May still your mither’s heart support ye, Then, though a minister grow dorty, An’ kick your place, Ye’ll snap your fingers, poor an’ hearty, Before his face.
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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