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LAIRY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
behaving in a loud, excited manner, especially when you are enjoying yourself or drinking alcohol: The bar was full of lairy, pint-swilling lads.
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LAIRY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
of, relating to, or characteristic of a lair, a man who dresses garishly and is crude or vulgar. lairy. / ˈlɛərɪ /. adjective. gaudy or flashy.
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lairy - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
lairy (comparative lairier, superlative lairiest). (UK) Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk. Don't get lairy with me!
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lairy
▪ I. † ˈlairy, n. Obs. rare—0. In 6 layrie, 7 lairie.1598 Florio, Couata,..any birds hatching or sitting, a nestfull, a layrie [1611 lairie], an eyas.▪ II. lairy, a.1 (ˈlɛərɪ) Also 4 lay(e)ry. [f. lair n.2 + -y1.] † a. Earthly, filthy (obs.). b. Boggy, miry, swampy.a 1340 Hampole Psalter xvii[i]. 36...
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Lairy Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
[also more lairy; most lairy] British slang. : unpleasantly loud, confident, etc. When he drinks he gets a bit lairy. [+] more examples [-] hide examples ...
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lairy adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes
behaving in a way that seems too loud and confident. Word Originmid 19th cent. (originally Cockney slang): alteration of leery.
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Moses Lairy
Biography
Lairy was born in Harrison Township, Cass County, Indiana to Thomas Lairy and Eliza Barnett Lairy. Lairy, also became a judge.
Lairy was raised on the family farm in rural Cass County.
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Lairy - Urban Dictionary
Lairy: [British slang]: Displaying an [aggressive] attitude in order to provoke a fight, argument or any verbal or physical [confrontation].
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LAIRY definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
Gaudy or flashy.... Click for pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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Lairy - Oxford Reference
Lairy has been Australian and New Zealand slang for 'ostentatious, flashy'. British English has adopted this use, to join an earlier, originally Cockney sense ...
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Lairy - The English We Speak - BBC
This adjective is used to describe people, usually men, behaving in a loud, excited and slightly aggressive way.
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lairy | The Septic's Companion
lairy. adj noisy, and perhaps a bit abusive: It was all going fine until Ian's cousin had a couple of drinks too many and started getting lairy. As usual ...
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Laira
Laira – previously recorded as Lare (1591), Lary poynte (1638), the Leerie (1643), and the Lairy (1802) – was originally the name given to that part of
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alairy
alairy, adv. dial. (əˈlɛərɪ) [Cf. aliry adv.] (See quots.) The expression is doubtless much older but printed evidence is lacking.1916 ‘N. Douglas’ London Street Games 5 There are other ball-games, such as..One-Two-Three-And-A-Lairy (I wish I knew what a-lairy meant). 1958 Medium ævum XXVII. 113 The...
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layetie
▪ I. layery, a. rare. (ˈleɪərɪ) [f. layer n. + -y.] Consisting of or formed in layers.1832 L. Hunt Dryads 17 From hedge to layery beech.▪ II. layery, layetie obs. forms of lairy a.1, laity.
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