pooty
English
Adjective
pooty (comparative more pooty, superlative most pooty)
- (dialectal) pretty
- 1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty
- "Bless your pooty little figger-head, Sally! I don't know as 'tis, but suthin' nigh about as bad is a-comin...
- 1857, The Atlantic Monthly/Volume 1, No.1, Sally Parson's Duty
Adverb
pooty (comparative more pooty, superlative most pooty)
- (dialectal) pretty
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter VIII
- "Well, you see, it 'uz dis way. Ole missus — dat's Miss Watson — she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn' sell me down to Orleans.
- 1884, Mark Twain, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapter VIII
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