clorty

It wasna me that shuved Bandy i 'the boiler; but he'd been neen the waur o' a bit steep, for he trails aboot a clorty-like sicht.

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Jock gae a host, an 'syne layin' his hand -- a gey clorty ane it was -- on the coonter, an 'stanin' on ae fit, he says -- "Isyin?"

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"Ye great, big, clorty, tarry beast," I roared in at the winda; "come oot amon 'my claes this meenit, or I'll come in an' kin'le the fire, an 'boil ye."

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"What hae ye dune till my man, ye nesty, clorty, ill-lookin ', mischeevious footer?"

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

"Wipe yer feet afore ye come in, ye clorty laddie," she said.

A Dominie in Doubt Alexander Sutherland Neill 1928