Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Miry; muddy; sticky and foul; very dirty.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Prov. Eng. Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty.
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- adjective UK, dialect, Northern England
sticky andfoul ;muddy ;filthy ;dirty
Etymologies
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Examples
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Here, I may not know what clarty means when I read "Great clarty footprints all through the hall" it thrills me, nonetheless.
Clay by David Almond 2006
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Here, I may not know what clarty means when I read "Great clarty footprints all through the hall" it thrills me, nonetheless.
Archive 2006-12-01 2006
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Not but what even a clarty gown would be better than what ye've got on.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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"Puir clarty bugger, " Ian said, shaking his head mournfully.
Drums of Autumn Gabaldon, Diana 1997
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Better to give the real, the only excuse, and say that the soil is so -- no, not adhesive, not sticky, not tenacious, but, to use a word ten thousand times more expressive than these, so _clarty_.
The Bed-Book of Happiness Harold Begbie 1900
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Said he to me whiles you were to your bed and he was waiting on his dinner, “The poor-spirited clarty gowk!
My Bones Will Keep Mitchell, Gladys, 1901-1983 1977
bilby commented on the word clarty
Scots - messy, smeared. See clart.
December 5, 2007
gangerh commented on the word clarty
Also Yorkshire - 'dirty, muddy, sticky'.
February 4, 2008
brandelion commented on the word clarty
I like this one. Very complimentary to 'manky'.
May 14, 2008