▪ I. reet, a.
(riːt)
U.S. dial. var. right a. (usu. in sense 8).
Also a common dial. var. in the U.K.: see Eng. Dial. Dict.
| 1934 in Webster. 1942 Amer. Mercury July 85 Jelly got into his zoot suit with the reet pleats. 1943 Crisis July 201/2 Negro youths will crack at anyone of any race who is nice looking. They will say, ‘A fine queen..a reet cheet’. 1946 B. Treadwell Big Bk. Swing 125/1 Reet, fine, O.K. 1977 Hot Car Oct. 42/3 People I've spoken to who went last year said it was reet good and very alcoholic. |
▪ II. reet
dial. variant of right, root.