ˈrory-ˈtory, a. dial.
Also rory-cum-tory.
[Cf. tory-rory.]
1. Loud or gaudy in colour.
| 1874 S. P. Fox Kingsbridge 266 Rory tory, tawdry. 1880 Mrs. Parr Adam & Eve vi. 89 Dressin' up in that rory-tory stuff. |
2. Noisy, boisterous.
| 1893 ‘Q’ Delect. Duchy 226 A great, red, rory-cum-tory chap. 1896 Baring-Gould Dartmoor Idylls 18 If he's fractious, you'll sing to him; but none of your Rory-Tory tunes. |