cutty

Speech parts

1. cutty - Noun

2. cutty - Adjective

Meaning

A short spoon.

A short tobacco pipe.

A light or unchaste woman.

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Examples

Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, That while a lassie she had worn, In longitude tho' sorely scanty, It was her best, and she was vauntie. Robert Burns

It is better to sup with a cutty than want a spoon. Scottish Proverb

Despite Lloyd's dubious claim about its origins, however, the "Cutty Wren" was revived and used as a protest song in the 1950s folk revival, an example of the importance of context in determining what may be considered a protest song. Source: Internet

Still on show in London, the Cutty Sark was the world’s last tea clipper. Source: Internet

Cutty Sark station is underground, and both costs and the risk to nearby historic buildings prevent platform extension. Source: Internet

Scorsese threatened to remove his credit from the film if he was not allowed to sort a reel which obscured the name of a whisky brand known as " Cutty Sark " which was heard in a scene. Source: Internet

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