Meaning

1 senses

  1. A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.

    a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges

Examples

3 sentences

  1. It is a fine thing, whoever has a trusty tongue.

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  2. She secured the edges of her crafts with her trusty adhesive tape.

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  3. Take this sacred red pencil and go forth on your trusty office chair.

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Origin

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.

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Forms

plural: trusties
Singulartrusty
Pluraltrusties

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
runnerA2

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
trusteetrustworthinesstrustworthyB1truthA2truthfulB2truthfully
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