trusty

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust +‎ -y.

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Adjective

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trusty (comparative trustier, superlative trustiest)

  1. Reliable or trustworthy.
    She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.

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Noun

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trusty (plural trusties)

  1. A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
    • 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house:
      We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
    • 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin, published 2010, page 58:
      The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.

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