trusty

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈtɹʌsti/

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  Rhymes: -ʌsti

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.

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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