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Dorty vs Doty - What's the difference?

dorty | doty |

As adjectives the difference between dorty and doty

is that dorty is (geordie) dirty; unclean while doty is (carpentry|of wood) suffering from rot, or waterlogged.

dorty

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (Geordie) Dirty; unclean.
    • His claithes were dorty .

    Related terms

    * dirty (Standard English) * hacky (Geordie) * hacky dorty (Geordie) * unclean (Standard English)

    References

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    doty

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (carpentry, of wood) Suffering from rot, or waterlogged
  • *1903 ,
    • An hour later, he came upon a hollow tree, filled with doty wood which he could tear out with his hands and he built a fire and broiled a little more bacon.
  • (US, dialectal, of a person) Senile; in one's dotage

    • Alternative forms

    * (suffering from rot) doaty, dotey

    Derived terms

    * dotiness

    See also

    * dotty * doty in the Dictionary of American Regional English