tarty adj.
cheap, gaudy, vulgar, thus fig. reminiscent of a prostitute.
‘New Church’ Times 8 May (2006) 64/2: Let your grin be wide and hearty, / Though the sappers may be tarty – / Never mind. | ||
Pansies 95: I suppose most girls are a bit tarty to-day. | ‘Tarts’||
Man Called Jones (1949) 166: She really is such a tarty piece. | ||
Diaries 22 Jan. 70: Fitting at Wig Creations, where I looked exactly like a tarty lesbian. Should be gay. | ||
Skyvers III iii: The headmaster’ll pass this tarty cleaner coming along the corridor. | ||
(con. 1941) Gunner 288: Her terrified face ludicrous under its mask of tarty make-up. | ||
Vic Reeves Big Night Out n.p.: He would go out with a dead tarty woman. | ||
White Shoes 31: Maybe a little plump with tarty blonde hair poking out from beneath her hat. | ||
I, Fatty 92: [...] dressing up like some tarty woman and showing my knickers. |