Meaning of tarty | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Like a tart (promiscuous woman); slutty, whorish.
   British, slang
2. Somewhat tart.

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Examples

“Atwood's Edible Woman offers a brilliant analysis of woman as consumable in consumer capitalism: when Marian turns out in a tarty hairdo and red dress...”

“The vice trust⟳, with equal ingenuity, sent prostitutes dressed in their tartiest outfits into respectable neighborhoods to inquire about apartments for rent⟳.”

“Ravey Davy's flashy, trashy signature style doesn't seem to be quite as big a hit among the Boujis Boozers as I might have⟳ hoped. Maybe it'll get⟳ tartier as the season progresses and the climate allows for rising hemlines.”

“Now, I lets mine boil a bit longer than Lizzy, to sweeten the tarty taste⟳.”

“Because of its tarty taste⟳, and the fact that (in animal experiments) it has shown to have⟳ a toxic effect, for culinary uses the rape oil is ‘hardened’ (hydrogenation of the double⟳ bond!).”

“I mean⟳, sure, the gummy cherry might have⟳ a well-balanced sweet and tarty taste⟳, but the gummy frog has a far denser texture, which requires at least three times more chewing than the cherry and is therefore, of the two, a far better value.”

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