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rort
[ rawrt ]
/ rɔrt /
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noun Australian.
a rowdy, usually drunken party.
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Origin of rort
Back formation from rorty boisterous, rowdy, in earlier British slang: jolly, fine, splendid; of uncertain origin
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How to use rort in a sentence
"For it's all rort an' rubbish," he declared, in his broad, soft dialect.
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British Dictionary definitions for rort
rort
/ (rɔːt) Australian informal /
noun
a rowdy party or celebration
a dishonest scheme
verb
to take unfair advantage of something
Derived forms of rort
rorty, adjectiveWord Origin for rort
C20: back formation from rorty (in the sense: good, splendid)
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