Meanings
clemmy1
plural clemmies
- GeordieNorthumbriaTeessideplural "clemmies"A stone (rock), particularly one that is thrown.
The column, as the admirable Margery points out, is in no position to cast the first clemmy.
2001 May 23, John Biggs, “Losing faith, hope and charity”, in Northern Echo2 more examples
The nets are held down by what in those parts are known as clemmies, the dressing room's in a broken windowed community centre a quarter of a mile away, the game's watched by half a dozen Januses with an eye on the adjoining pitch.
2004 November 30, “Davey Jones's soccer”, in Northern EchoA little boy – let's call him Fergus, because that's what his mother did – climbed to the top of the tree house and took great pleasure in hoyin' clemmies at the people below.
2015 February 13, Joe Willis, “Harrogate – so posh even the ne'er-do-wells wear designer outfits and sip lattes”, in Darlington and Stockton Times - GeordieNorthumbriaTeessideplural "clemmy"One stone (unit of mass)
Clemmy2
- A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
clemmy · noun
- Old Englishclām“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”
- Englishclemmy
From clem + -y, originally from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”).
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