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• Don't worry, I'll use my trusty mark 1 eyeball here.From the entry mark 1 eyeball
• Mr Big threw a bundle each to his two trusty henchmen, Fingers and Thumbs.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry spoils
• A red band was a trusty prisoner who could go anywhere in the prison.2012, Charlie Seiga, Killer, page 75. From the entry red band
• After all, he needed more go-go juice for his trusty car.2009, Arnaldo Ricciulli, 2012 Hurricane, page 70. From the entry go-go juice
• Come, my auld, towzy, trusty friend; What gars ye look sae douth an' wae?2007, James Hogg, Suzanne Gilbert, “The Author's Address to his Auld Dog Hector”, in The Mountain Bard, page 110. From the entry towzy
• Trusty old Mac computers never die, they morph — into MacQuariums.2000 July 20, Sam Vincent Meddis, “The Net: New & notable: It was a dark and stormy night …: Your Mac sleeps with the fishes”, in USA…. From the entry MacQuarium
• Life is easy for people who have just one bête noire and a trusty silver bullet.1997 November 10, Bob Metcalfe, “TRUSTe Uses Consents and Disclosures to Protect Privacy on the Internet”, in Sandy Reed, editor…. From the entry bête noire
• The trusties called it the Graybar Hotel, a modern fireproof establishment, with room service.1949, Ray Morrison, Angels Camp. From the entry graybar hotel
• Bess had been a sort of a gift to replace my trusty splattergun, Bessie, lost in the far north.2014, RJ Hore, Murder In The Rouge Mort, →ISBN, page 24. From the entry splattergun
• What had been a trusty sluff job was now as onerous as swinging a Kaiser blade or shoveling out ditches.2013, Ron Rash, Nothing Gold Can Stay: Stories, Harper Collins, →ISBN. From the entry kaiser blade
• Astride his trusty equine colleague, he went from kingdom to queendom and from dukedom to duchessdom, asking for names and phone numbers.1998, Marina Yaguello, Trevor Harris, “The Miser and the Prodigal Son: Lexical meaning”, in Language Through the Looking Glass: Exploring…. From the entry duchessdom
• To avoid catastrophe, the brain has its trusty control centre, the hypothalamus, which tells the body to cool itself by sweating or to warm itself by shivering.2019, Bill Bryson, The Body: A Guide for Occupants, Black Swan (2020), page 217. From the entry hypothalamus
• And for the sentimental among you, the trusty old Succubus (that’s a submarine not a ghouly undead thing in a skimpy negligee) is apparently still around somewhere.2001 July, George Soropos, “Aquanox”, in PC PowerPlay, number 62, Sydney, N.S.W.: Next Publishing Pty Ltd, →ISSN, page 35, column 2. From the entry ghouly
• In our prisons you might find a condemned man working as a runner, a trusty, which is about as far from segregation as you can get.1959, Frederick S. Baldi, My Unwelcome Guests, page 25. From the entry runner
• “I know it was true,” whispered the trusty, “cause a friend of mine, my boon coon, my main man, was one of those asked, and he told me about it.1985, James Farmer, “Which Side Are You On?”, in Lay Bare the Heart: An Autobiography of the Civil Rights Movement, New York, N.Y.: Arbor…. From the entry boon coon

Meaning of trusty

1. adjective Reliable or trustworthy.
2. noun A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.

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Questions about trusty in a sentence

How do you use trusty in a sentence?

Trusty is used as an adjective and noun. For example: “She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.”

What is a short sentence with trusty?

“The trusties do all the work.”

What does trusty mean?

Trusty means reliable or trustworthy.