Meaning of stunty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Stunted, tending to stunt or be stunted.
2. Obstinate; sullen.
   UK, dialectal

Examples

“[…] yet not all equally prosperous; for a stunty, thorny nature preferring those that the cherry is always the most thriving upon are the freest clean⟳ growers.”

“I never put⟳ my axe into a stunty tree, or one that hasn't a good, fresh-looking bark; for trees have⟳ disorders just like⟳ creaters; and where's the policy of taking a tree that's sickly, any more than you'd choose⟳ a foundered horse to ride⟳ post⟳, or ...”

“Did I tell⟳ you there was a tree grew up in the centre of the alley—a stunty, short-boughed tree, ...”

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