Clarty

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Sticky and foul; dirty, filthy, muddy. British, Northern-England, Scotland, dialectal

    "CLART. To spread, smear, or daub. A flake of snow, when it is large and sticks to the clothes, is called a clart. So we have clarts, mud; clarty, muddy, sticky. Clarty-paps, a dirty sloven of a wife."

Synonyms

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befouledbesmirchedcruddydirtsomedirtyfoul

Example

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"CLART. To spread, smear, or daub. A flake of snow, when it is large and sticks to the clothes, is called a clart. So we have clarts, mud; clarty, muddy, sticky. Clarty-paps, a dirty sloven of a wife."

Etymology

From clart + -y.

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