extry

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English

Adjective

extry

  1. (dialectal) extra
    • 1904, Robert W. Chambers, A Young Man in a Hurry‎:
      "Lord," he said, "it being Thanksgiving, I do hereby give Thee a few extry thanks."
    • 1912, Edith Van Dyne, Aunt Jane's Nieces on Vacation‎:
      The crackers come extry, Mr. Merrick," said the landlady, "but seein' as milk's cheap I thought you might like 'em."
    • 1913, Thomas Hardy, A Changed Man‎:
      'Very thoughtful of 'ee, only 'twas not necessary, for we had just laid in an extry stock of eatables and drinkables in preparation for the coming event.'
    • 1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1965, →OCLC, page 19:
      "Ye'll give me an extry spoonful."
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