adj. (Oxford University).—1.  Difficult.

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  1848.  A. H. CLOUGH, The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich, ii.

        Three weeks hence we return to the shop and the wash-hand-stand-bason,
Three weeks hence unbury Thicksides and HAIRY Aldrich.

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  1864.  The Press, 12 Nov. HAIRY for difficult is a characteristic epithet.

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  2.  (colloquial).—Splendid; famous; conspicuous; uncommon.

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  1892.  KIPLING, Barrack-Room Ballads, ‘The Sons of the Widow.’

        ’Ave you ’eard o’ the Widow of Windsor
With a HAIRY gold crown on ’er ’ead?

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  3.  (venery).—Desirable; full of sex; FUCKABLE (q.v.). [Said only of women: e.g., HAIRY BIT = an amorous and taking wench.] See HAIR.

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  TO FEEL HAIRY, verb. phr. (venery).—To be inclined for coition; to have a MUST (q.v.).

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