dorty
Americanadjective
adjective
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Etymology
Origin of dorty
1505–15; dort sulkiness (< ?) + -y 1
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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
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
What's like a dorty maiden when she's auld?
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
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