Plural of cutty; short trousers, a short pipe for smoking, or anything notably cut short.
From Scots 'cutty' (short) + the plural '-ies.' The word gained fame from Robert Burns's 'Tam o' Shanter,' where Nannie Dee is described as a cutty sark (short shirt).
Robert Burns made 'cutty' immortal in Scottish literature, and it's still used today—Cutty Sark whisky and the restored Cutty Sark ship keep this old Scottish word alive in modern commerce.
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