[The common Christian name Harry vulgarly pronounced without the aspirate.] Used humorously for: A low-bred fellow (who ‘drops his h’s’) of lively temper and manners. Hence ’A’rryish a., vulgarly jovial.
1874. Punch’s Almanack. ’Arry on ’Orseback.
1881. Sat. Rev., No. 1318. 148. The local ’Arry has torn down the famous tapestries of the great hall.
1880. W. Wallace, in Academy, 28 Feb., 156/1. He has a fair stock of somewhat ’Arryish animal spirits, but no real humour.
