[DJ MacWoW]

while the newsie has every major reference work in his.

And that is an untruth.

Actually, you were told in the beginning that the north used "Trustee" while the south used "Trusty" and wouldn't accept it. Would you now say that that does appear to be the case?

[drjimmy]

And that is an untruth.
So, which major reference works don't have the word "trusty" defined the way the newsie used it?

Actually, you were told in the beginning that the north used "Trustee" while the south used "Trusty" and wouldn't accept it. Would you now say that that does appear to be the case?
Now you're just being ridiculous. In the actual beginning, you claimed that "The newsie should know that's 'trustee' not 'trusty'." I pointed out that the newsie was correct, and everything from Webster's to the AP Stylebook to Wikipedia to the Columbia Guide to Standard American English backs him up. I have no problem accepting that different parts the country have different ways of using words. What you just can't seem to accept is that your original post was wrong.