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Sextry vs Extry - What's the difference?

sextry | extry |

As a noun sextry

is a sacristy.

As an adjective extry is

(dialectal) extra.

sextry

English

Noun

(sextries)
  • A sacristy.
  • (Webster 1913)

    extry

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • (dialectal) extra
  • * {{quote-book, year=1904, author=Robert W. Chambers, title=A Young Man in a Hurry, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage="Lord," he said, "it being Thanksgiving, I do hereby give Thee a few extry thanks." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1912, author=Edith Van Dyne, title=Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage=The crackers come extry , Mr. Merrick," said the landlady, "but seein' as milk's cheap I thought you might like 'em." }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1913, author=Thomas Hardy, title=A Changed Man, chapter=, edition= citation
  • , passage='Very thoughtful of 'ee, only 'twas not necessary, for we had just laid in an extry stock of eatables and drinkables in preparation for the coming event.' }}