trusty
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
trusty (comparative trustier, superlative trustiest)
- Reliable or trustworthy.
- She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.
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Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
trusty (plural trusties)
- A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
- 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house:
- We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 58:
- The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.
Synonyms[edit]
- runner (US, dated)
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