extryadj.
colloquial and regional (chiefly U.S.).
= extra adj., adv., and n.Cf. quot. 1897 at extra-special adj.
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1861 O. W. Holmes Elsie Venner viii. 100 When we git crowded jest at the end of a term, or when there is an extry number of p'oopils.
1894 J. W. Riley Armazindy 10 Extry waste o' sympathy.
1895 H. W. Nevinson Neighbours of Ours iii. 51 I was sailin' for a good firm and was makin' from thirty shillin' to two pound reg'lar, and at whiles five bob extry.
1911 W. Owen Let. 12 Dec. (1967) 102 Take something ‘extry’ (as Mrs. Lott would say) in the way of nourishment.
1934 C. Carmer Stars fell on Alabama i. 45 On account of havin' had a little more experience and playin' extry good, Old Man Ventress gets the five-dollar gold piece.
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