tenty

American  

[ten-tee] / ˈtɛn ti /

Or tentie

adjective

Scot.

tentier, tentiest

1. watchful; attentive.

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Etymology

Origin of tenty

First recorded in 1545–55; tent ³ + -y ¹

Example Sentences

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tenty tentier

Small wonder, with never a gun or a sword left from Cantyre to Cape Wrath, but what tenty* folk have hidden in their thatch!

From Kidnapped by Stevenson, Robert Louis

For noo's the time whan pows are seen Nid-noddin' like a mandareen; When tenty mithers stap a preen In sleepin' weans; An' nearly half the parochine Forget their pains.

From A Lowden Sabbath Morn by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Fower tenty lads were on the tap, hauldin' the line and mindin' for his signals.

From David Balfour, Second Part Being Memoirs Of His Adventures At Home And Abroad, The Second Part: In Which Are Set Forth His Misfortunes Anent The Appin Murder; His Troubles With Lord Advocate Grant; Captivity On The Bass Rock; Journey Into Holland And France; And Singular Relations With James More Drummond Or Macgregor, A Son Of The Notorious Rob Roy, And His Daughter Catriona by Stevenson, Robert Louis

Fower tenty lads were on the tap, hauldin’ the line and mindin’ for his signals.

From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 11 (of 25) by Stevenson, Robert Louis

For noo's the time whan pews are seen Nid-noddin' like a mandareen; When tenty mithers stap a preen In sleepin' weans; An' nearly half the parochine Forget their pains.

From Underwoods by Stevenson, Robert Louis

First, there are too many anglers: Twixt Holy Lee and Clovenfords, A tentier bit ye canna hae, sang that good old angler, now with God, Mr. Thomas Tod Stoddart. 

From Angling Sketches by Lang, Andrew