clorty

English

Adjective

clorty (comparative more clorty, superlative most clorty)

1. Alternative form of clarty
   • 2003, Charlotte Grey, Doon the Road, Long Preston, England: Dales Large Print Books, published 2008, →ISBN, page 41:

     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.

   • 2015 February 4, A.Reader, “Broken humerous and no it's not funny”, in alt.fan.pratchett‎^[1] (Usenet):

     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?

   • 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^[2], archived from the original on 2022-11-02:

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