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▪ I. monty Austral. and N.Z. colloq.|ˈmɒntɪ|
Also monte.
[Prob. the same word as monte1.]
A certainty: used esp. of a horse considered certain to win a race.
1894H. Lawson Martin Farrell in Coll. Verse (1967) I. 269 Chaps, I've got a vote for Hughie—but it ain't no monte yet. 1901Bulletin Reciter (Sydney) 182 It's the biggest bloomin' monte Dat 'as ever come our way. 1908E. S. Sorenson Squatter's Ward xii. 122 It's a monty the little squib would let out a yell jest as I was gettin' clear. 1910O'Brien & Stephens Material for Dict. Austral. Slang 1900–10 (typescript), Monte, a take-down game of cards—a sure thing. 1930K. S. Prichard Haxby's Circus iii. 41 She's the chance of a life-time... The biggest bloomin' monty ever started on a racecourse. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 29 Nov. 10/1 ‘And they'll take, it's a monty, an ell,’ said Pat, ‘if we give them an inch.’ 1946Coast to Coast 1945 27 He's a monty! We always were lucky. 1947D. M. Davin For Rest of our Lives 297 From Christchurch this chap Sloan, for a monty, with that particular brand of New Zealand English. 1970N.Z. Listener 12 Oct. 12/1 Old Jerry wouldn't think of looking for me over this way. That's for a monty. To keep going's the right thing.
▪ II. monty
variant of monte1. |