Etymology

lairy

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Today it means: Touchy, aggressive or confrontational, usually while drunk. Full definition →

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lairy · adjective1

Variation of leery, originally Cockney slang.

lairy · adjective2

Thought to be from leery (“knowing, streetwise”).

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