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lardy

[ lahr-dee ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

, lard·i·er, lard·i·est.

lardy

/ ˈlɑːdɪ /

Origin of lardy¹

First recorded in 1880–85; lard + -y ¹

But if a ploughboy could get a new, warm lardy-cake, fresh from the oven, he thought himself blessed.

We agreed that Mr. Lanoline's a notty, notty man, and hasn't no business to go on the lardy-da.

When the dainty shadings of taste are over-shadowed by a "lardy" flavor, the true taste of the food itself is lost.

The dining-room was very warm, and there came a smell of lardy things from the kitchen.

Carn't grow any, not arter thirty, the bladder-o'-lardy-dar scares!

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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