»A bit rocky?»—
»Upset, ma’am, excited.» (Miss Hobbs 4. 8.)
A servant.
In this sense the expression is vulgar, whereas, in the sense of broken (by drink, illness, poverty, etc.) or difficult, dubious, it may be considered as verging towards colloquial.
(The term is, of course, derived from the verb rock.)
rorty
He entreated me to hold »Smith», the rorty ’Arry, a secret from the acquaintance of »Smythe», the superior person. (Novel Notes 203. 26.)
Young Londoner.
The phrase means: he was an ’Arry out and out.
Rorty (or Raughty) = of the very best.