shafty

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shafty (comparative shaftier, superlative shaftiest)

1. (Australia, of wool) Having long and dense fibres.
   • 1900, Alfred Hawkesworth, "Australasian Sheep & Wool.": A Practical and Theoretical Treatise, page 170:

     In several of the flocks there is a most perfect shafty wool, and, although strong, is full of quality.

   • 1938, Textile Manufacturer:

     It can, however, comb equally well the shaftiest of merinos and fine crossbreds, giving actually more intensive combing than the Noble comb

2. (US, dated, of a car) Powerful, cool [1950s]
   • 1952, Frank Murray, A Young Man's Fancy, Jam Handy:

     And he drives a real shafty convertible!

   • 1954, The Saturday Evening Post:

     That's a French Bug he cruises in. A real shafty job.

3. (vulgar, of a man) Well-endowed; having a large penis.
   • 2005 11, Juan Goytisolo, A Cock-Eyed Comedy, City Lights Books, →ISBN, page 165:

     we invented rites and barbaric ceremonies, garlanded in flowers the shaftiest studs, proclaimed them Vicars of Christ on Earth, squeezed out the last drop of sacred liqueur from their cocks on unforgettable nights we evoked in mystic rapture […]

4. (poultry fancy, of plumage) Having visible feather shafts.
   • 1932, The Feathered World Year Book:

     A common fault is irregularity of hackle striping, many exhibits having the black stripe very much broken, and others have what is termed a "shafty" hackle.

shafty (plural shafties)

1. (cycling, informal) A bicycle that uses a driveshaft instead of a chain to transmit power from the pedals to the wheel.
   • 1994, Cycle World Magazine, volume 33, number 1, page 49:

     At the rear, you'll find a single, centrally mounted shock, the now-familiar single-sided swingarm and BMW's Paralever shaft-drive system, which does away with most of a shafty's chassis-jacking bugaboos.

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