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tarty, a. (and n.) colloq.|ˈtɑːtɪ|
[f. tart n. 2 b + -y1.]
Resembling or suggestive of a ‘tart’, or woman of immoral character; cheap, gaudy. Occas. absol. as n.
1918G. Frankau One of Them xxi. 163 Of that barred citadel whose mincing misses Persuade the chaste to emulate the tarty. 1929D. H. Lawrence Pansies 123, I suppose most girls are a bit tarty to-day So that's why so many young men have long faces. 1944M. Laski Love on Supertax ix. 85 Some very tarty South American perfume. 1956L. McIntosh Oxford Folly xiv. 231 A fat middle-aged woman with henna'd hair and clothes that managed to be at once tatty and tarty. 1978M. Dickens Open Bk. ix. 78 Frank, who was respectably married, was half afraid of Jean, but half delighted. Her tarty teasing made him feel shockingly male. |