RORY-CUM-TORY ADJ. noisy, boisterous ...1893 obs. rare ETYMOLOGY from an alteration of rory-tory (adj. noisy, boisterous) + insertion of cum (prep.) FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1893 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...I can just mind Key Pinsent - a great, red, rory-cum-tory chap, with a high stock and a wig like King George - 'my royal patron' he called 'en, havin' by some means got leave to hoist the king's arms over his door..." From: The Delectable Duchy - Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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