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† ˈtory-ˈrory, a. (adv.) Obs.
[Origin obscure: perhaps orig. a reduplication or riming expansion of rory, roary, f. roar n. or v. The Eng. Dial. Dict. cites it from S. Lancash. as meaning ‘a state of hurry or excitement’. After 1680 it was sometimes abusively associated with Tory n.; but there can hardly have been any original connexion. Reference to the Irish Tories or outlaws and marauders is chronologically possible, but not evidenced.]
1. Roaring, uproarious, roistering, boisterous; in quots. 1694, 1716 with allusion to Tory A. 2, 3.
1678Dryden Limberham i. i, And, before George, I grew tory rory, as they say. Ibid. iv. i, Sing like nightingales, you tory-rory jades. 1678Otway Friendship in F. ii. i, Methinks you look like two as roring, ranting tory rory Sparks as one would wish to meet withal. [1681O. Heywood Diaries, etc. 24 Oct., Theres a book called the character of a Tory wherin it runs, A Tory, a Whory, a Roary, a Scory, a Sory.] 1694Motteux Rabelais v. Pantagr. Progn. v. 237 Swaggering Huffsnuffs,..Tory-rory Rakes and Tantivy-boys. 1716M. Davies Athen. Brit. II. 337 From a Tory-Rory-Boy, he is become a cool-temper'd Wig.
2. Ruffianly (like the Irish Tories, or Judge Jeffreys).
1682A. Behn City Heiress 52 Some damn'd Tory-rory Rogues, to rob a man at his Prayers! 1822Parr Let. to Hill 25 Jan., Wks. 1828 VII. 605 Servile and corrupt judges, prejudiced and perjured juries, merciless jailors and a tory-rory hangman.
B. adv. In a roaring or uproarious manner; boisterously, rantingly, roisteringly.
It may have been the name of a rowdy song or tune.
1664Cotton Scarron. iv. (1715) 97 Roaring and drinking tory-rory. [1667Dryden & Davenant Tempest iv. iii, I found her an hour ago under an elder tree,..singing Tory Rory, and Rantum Scantum, with her own natural brother.] 1673Shadwell Epsom Wells ii. i, We were at it Tory Rory, and Sung old Rose, the Song that you love so.
Hence † ˈtory-ˈrory v. Obs., intr. to behave uproariously.
1685Crowne Sir C. Nice iv. 43 Well the house is our own, and the Night our own,..we'l Tory-rory, and 'tis—a fine Night, we'l Revel in the Garden. |