rorty
- a word derived from rort.
Example Sentences
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He was a rorty gineral; A rorty snorty gineral.
From The Shanty Book, Part I, Sailor Shanties by Terry, Richard Runciman
For in such rorty wise doth Love express His blooming views, and asks for your address, And makes it right, and does the gay and free.
From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 4 by Stevenson, Burton Egbert
Never lose your temper, no matter how rorty your cows may be.
From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.
Bullied, and badgered, and baited from nine to six though you may be, from then till bedtime you are rorty young dogs.
From Paul Kelver, a Novel by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
I had listened to hear him entreat me to keep ‘Smith,’ the rorty ’Arry, a secret from the acquaintances of ‘Smythe,’ the superior person.
From Novel Notes by Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka)
