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nowty

/ ˈԲʊɪ /

adjective

  1. dialect.
    bad-tempered
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Let's ha nooan o' them skrikes    Nowty man!

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Varry monny years ago, when this world wor rather young, A varry wicked sarpent, wi' a varry oily tongue, Whispered summat varry nowty into Mistress Adam's ear; An shoo pluckt a little apple 'at soa temptingly hung near.

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An if aw've spokken nowty words    At's made thee cry an freeat; Aw've allus suffered twice as mich,    An beg'd thi to forget.

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But I'm not a rash man, and I'm not going to be responsible to the master with his temper so nowty and all since Miss Maggie went.

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