Dictionary Entry

rusty

Part of SpeechadjectivePronunciation/ˈɹʌsti/Used In Literature ↓

Marked or corroded by rust.

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Common Phrases

. rustyiron rustyold rustybrown rustyblack rustynail rustyrusty old

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Poetry examples for “rusty”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

And sweet girl-graduates in their golden hair.
I think they should not wear our rusty gowns,
But move as rich as Emperor-moths or Ralph

legs to the sky and rolls in the red clover: the roan
horse has a rusty jag of hair between the ears
hanging to a white star between the eyes.

TALL nettles cover up, as they have done
These many springs, the rusty harrow, the plough
Long worn out, and the roller made of stone:

From every nook the smile of plenty calls,
And rusty flitches decorate the walls,
Moore's Almanack where wonders never cease--

Keeps honour bright: To have done, is to hang
Quite out of fashion, like a rusty mail
In monumental mockery. Take the instant way;

The martial Ancus[59] did the sceptre wield,
Furbished the rusty sword again,
Resumed the long-forgotten shield,

The morn was cold, he views with keen desire 15
The rusty grate unconscious of a fire;
With beer and milk arrears the frieze was scor’d,

The morn was cold--he views with keen desire
The rusty grate, unconscious of a fire;
With beer and milk arrears the frieze was scor’d,

He has a fouth o’ auld nick-nackets:
Rusty airn caps and jinglin jackets,
Wad haud the Lothians three in tackets,

The cat has twa the very colour;
Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump,
A clapper tongue wad deave a miller: