clorty

comparative more clorty · superlative most clorty

1. alternativeAlternative form of clarty.

   Knee-high grass in overgrown gardens, clorty curtains, and a general unkempt, down at heel feel gave lie to the notion of community spirit.

   2022 November 1, Jim Spence, “The Kirkton I remember is gone – but there are still too many good folk to let rioting neds win”, in The Courier, archived from the original on 02 Nov 2022

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   She gave him the name of Mole, partly because of the colour of his hide but also she had read a story about a Miss Mole, who throughout life had been dealt the 'clorty end o' the stick': there was a parallel she thought.

   2003, Charlotte Grey, Doon the Road, Long Preston, England: Dales Large Print Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 41

   Yesternoon i went down on the ice and broke the knobby bit that goes in the shoulder sockt off the end of my right arm. im r-handed of course. anyone have any idea how long the clorty thing will take to heal in someone in her 70s?

   2015 February 4, A.Reader, “Broken humerous and no it's not funny”, in alt.fan.pratchett (Usenet)