Carroty; Annoyed, angry, after a scolding or mishap. Quick temper is supposed to go with red hair.
- Edward Gepp's Essex Dialect Dictionary, 1923
Spoken of red hair on account of its resemblance in colour to carrots.
- Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language, 1755
A shock of untidy carroty hair...
- W. S. Maugham's Creatures of Circumstance, 1947
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