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▪ I. gutty, n. Golfers' slang.|ˈgʌtɪ| [f. gutta2 + -y.] A gutta-percha ball. In full gutty ball.
1881A. Wardrop Poems 106 He's speel'd up tae the dresser heid, To get his gutty ba'. 1890Hutchinson Golf (Badm. Libr.) iii. 70 We may make a brief comparison of these three balls, taking the ordinary ‘gutty’, which is the mean, as the standard. 1893Farmer Slang, Guttie. 1902Daily Chron. 9 Dec. 9/3 He advised them to select the ‘gutty’ ball only, as the best ball for golf. 1924C. J. H. Tolley Mod. Golfer 64 Thousands to-day would not be playing the game if the ‘gutty’ ball remained the official ball of to-day. ▪ II. gutty, a.|ˈgʌtɪ| [f. gut n.1 + -y1.] 1. Corpulent, pot-bellied. Chiefly Sc.
1785Burns 3rd Ep. to Lapraik 45 Till ye forget ye're auld an' gutty [usually printed gatty]. 1818Scott Rob Roy xxii, Ta filthy gutty hallions, tat they are. 1887J. Service Life Dr. Duguid 227 A gutty wee chiel that gaed aboot the toon wi' knee-breeks on. 2. Jazz slang. Earthy, primitive.
1939in R. S. Gold Jazz Lexicon (1964) 133 Buster Bailey's reaction can be felt in the ‘gutty’ clarinet tones he uses. 1955L. Feather Encycl. Jazz vii. 160 Higginbotham was..the supreme trombone stylist of the gutty, forceful school in the '30s. 1958Esquire Feb. 35/2 You feel it in a beat, in jazzy..or a good gutty rock number. 1958P. Gammond Decca Bk. Jazz vi. 80 The 1940 recordings..serve as good examples of Freeman's gutty, swinging tenor[-saxophone] style. 3. = gutsy a. 2.
1953in Wentworth & Flexner Dict. Amer. Slang 236/2 Here Come the Guttiest Guys of All. 1960News Chron. 30 June 6/4, I can get gutty characters to play at last. ▪ III. gutty variant of gutté Her. |