Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
littery [lit-uh-ree] ExamplesWord Origin adjective
- of, relating to, or covered with litter; untidy.
Origin of littery First recorded in 1795–1805; litter + -y1 Examples from the Web for littery Historical Examples of littery
I know them littery chaps, and, beleave me, I’d rather be a footman.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
William Makepeace Thackeray
I’m a bit older than you are, and p’r’aps I can give you a wrinkle or two, even about littery matters, though you mayn’t think it.
F. Anstey
But the vices of the company went against the two littery men, and everybody excep them was for having up poor me.
Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush
William Makepeace Thackeray
The absence of all littery coverings and dust, and the daily gatherings, secure them in what we may term perfect condition.
W. Robinson
You see it sort of riled me—I warn’t used to the ways of littery swells.
Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)