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malty, a.|ˈmɒltɪ, -ɔː-|
[f. malt n.1 + -y.]
jocular. Addicted to, affected by, or containing malt (in the form of malt liquor). Also slang, drunk.
1819Metropolis III. 144 'Tis degrading to see..our malty ladies of quality. 1823‘Jon Bee’ Slang 117 ‘Malty’; drunk, with beer, or drunkish any how, stupidly so. 1852Dickens Bleak Ho. xl, Those particular parts of the country on which Doodle is at present throwing himself in an auriferous and malty shower.
b. Of the nature of or resembling malt.
1830M. Donovan Dom. Econ. I. 361 The bread would be soft, clammy, greyish, and malty. 1892Walsh Tea (Philad.) 100 Japan Pekoe..smooth in liquor and ‘malty’ in flavor. |