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trusty

/ˈtɹʌsti/ adjective B2
  1. Reliable or trustworthy. · She's been using the same trusty sewing machine since she started out, thirty long years ago.

Comparative trustier · Superlative trustiest

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de Blacas, “if it only be to reassure a faithful servant, will your majesty send into Languedoc, Provence, and Dauphiné, trusty men, who will bring you back a faithful report as to the feeling in these three provinces?”
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 89 · C1
You will dispatch whatever luggage you intend to take by a trusty messenger unaddressed to Victoria to-night.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, p. 113 · B2
No, Sir Henry, you must take with you someone, a trusty man, who will be always by your side.”
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 55 · C1

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