noun General Slang

tutty

· noun · mancunian

Make-up. Slap. War paint before a night out.

Definitions

Make-up. The whole face — foundation, mascara, the lot. Used by older Manc women without irony, by younger ones with a wink.

“Give us ten minutes to put me tutty on and I'll be down.”

by community

Give us ten minutes to put me tutty on and I'll be down.

From an old word for finely powdered zinc oxide — a polishing powder used cosmetically. The cosmetic sense outlived the chemistry lesson.

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