Clidgy

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Sticky; tacky.

    "When he'd got the objects properly on to his spade and had brushed off some of the clidgy earth, he saw a metal bar, about six inches long, rather like an outsize safety pin, on which were hung three keys of different shapes and sizes."

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adhesiveagglutinative

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"When he'd got the objects properly on to his spade and had brushed off some of the clidgy earth, he saw a metal bar, about six inches long, rather like an outsize safety pin, on which were hung three keys of different shapes and sizes."

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