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Meanings of rusty in English
Usage of rusty in English
1
The red coal in the rusty stove crumbles, the lantern smokes out.
2
Sometimes he is dressed in dull gray and sometimes in rusty red.
3
I remember this by thinking of Popeye, whose trademark rusty croak went:
4
In the circumstances perhaps it was inevitable those two would look rusty.
5
He still spoke some Italian, and she said hers was getting rusty.
6
Turning the key in the rusty lock, he cautiously opened the door.
7
Two rusty, old fashioned cannons were in the middle of the court.
8
The first serious storm will split it open like a rusty can.
9
Despite all that eagerness for match practice, Everton are a bit rusty.
10
He crept forward through rusty water to the junction and peered around.
11
The trees appeared small and shrubby, and the savannahs dry and rusty.
12
The terrain plunged steeply beyond a rusty guardrail contouring its right side.
13
Flocks of seagulls swoop over a small fleet of rusty fishing boats.
14
I heard you scream. He gripped one rusty can in each hand.
15
The harness was muddy, the steel rusty, the horses lean and discouraged.
16
She noted a figure in a rusty coat and a cloth cap.
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Rusty through the time
Rusty across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Less common