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gutty

[ guht-ee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, gut·ti·er, gut·ti·est.

Informal. showing spirit; plucky; gutsy:
a gutty attempt to kick a field goal.

gutty

/ ˈɡʌtɪ /

Origin of gutty¹

First recorded in 1935–40; gut + -y ¹

Origin of gutty¹

probably from gutter , perhaps from the compound guttersnipe

They were "gutty" balls, mind, which did not fly away off the irons like the rubber-cores.

Bunkers that were once quite deep in the old days of the gutty are in too many cases shallow and useless under the new conditions.

This was good work for a lady, especially as I rather fancy she must have been using the gutty ball at that time.

Certainly the score with which the championship was won was phenomenally low for those days of gutty balls.

With a gutty ball it was really a fine long, slashing carry, and to play short was sometimes the better part of valour.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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