noun
- Plural of cutty; short trousers or pants, especially those worn by children or in informal settings.
- Plural of cutty; short-stemmed tobacco pipes.
Usage: informal; chiefly Scottish or British
Usage: informal; dated
Examples
- The children wore cutties to play in the park during summer.
- He preferred cutties to long trousers when the weather was warm.
- The old sailor kept a collection of cutties in his cabin.
- Cutties were a common sight at the beach in the 1970s.
- She bought her son a pair of cutties for the school sports day.