trusty

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Reliable and able to be depended on, often used jokingly of a familiar object.

   She's been using the same trusty sewing machine for thirty years.

2. 2
   noun

   A prisoner who is trusted enough to be given special privileges.

   As a trusty, he was allowed to work in the prison garden.

From Middle English trusty, tristy, tresty, equivalent to trust + -y.

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