whory, a. Formerly rare.
(ˈhɔərɪ)
Also -ey.
[f. whore n. + -y1.]
= whorish. (In 2nd quot. with play upon hoary.)
| 1682 Hickeringill Hist. Whiggism 11 The Papists, and the whory, roary, swory, scory, Tories. 1682 ‘T. Rationalis’ New News from Bedlam 88 And should it light upon Your whorey Head, The Whigs would say, You're sweetly brought to Bed. 1955 J. Kerouac in Paris Rev. Winter 11 The whorey smell of a big city. 1967 K. Giles Death & Mr. Prettyman i. 18 London was as whorey then as now. 1976 New Yorker 15 Nov. 180/3 At twenty she was taking care not only of herself and her child but also of a tubercular half sister, also cast off by their whorey mother. 1980 N. Freeling Castang's City xxii. 148 It's not a whory setup; three of these dames live there and they're secretarial types. |