shafty

comparative shaftier · superlative shaftiest · alternative shaftie

1. AustraliaHaving long and dense fibres.

   In several of the flocks there is a most perfect shafty wool, and, although strong, is full of quality.

   1900, Alfred Hawkesworth, "Australasian Sheep & Wool.": A Practical and Theoretical Treatise, page 170

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   It can, however, comb equally well the shaftiest of merinos and fine crossbreds, giving actually more intensive combing than the Noble comb

   1938, Textile Manufacturer

2. USdatedPowerful, cool

   And he drives a real shafty convertible!

   1952, Frank Murray, A Young Man's Fancy, Jam Handy

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   A Cadillac convertible is real cool or even shafty, and its driver, particularly if he be cat, or well-dressed, is cool Jonah.

   [1951, Newsweek

   That's a French Bug he cruises in. A real shafty job.

   1954, The Saturday Evening Post

3. vulgarWell-endowed; having a large penis.

   we invented rites and barbaric ceremonies, garlanded in flowers the shaftiest studs, proclaimed them Vicars of Christ on Earth, squeezed out the last drop of sacred liqueur from their cocks on unforgettable nights we evoked in mystic rapture[…]

   2005 11, Juan Goytisolo, A Cock-Eyed Comedy, City Lights Books, →ISBN, page 165

4. poultry fancyHaving visible feather shafts.

   A common fault is irregularity of hackle striping, many exhibits having the black stripe very much broken, and others have what is termed a "shafty" hackle.

   1932, The Feathered World Year Book

plural shafties · alternative shaftie

1. informalcyclingA bicycle that uses a driveshaft instead of a chain to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel.

   At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos.

   1994, Cycle World Magazine, volume 33, number 1, page 49