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canty Definition

canty (kan′tē)

adjective

Scot., North Eng. lively; cheerful

Etymology: cant + -y

canty Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • dame: My mother lived till eighty, a canty dame to the last.
canty Quotes

  An ye had been whare I hae been, Ye wad na been sae canty,O; An ye had seen what I hae seen, I'th' braes o' Killiecrankie,O.

—Burns, Robert

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