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clarts

British

/ klærts, klɑːts /

plural noun

dialect lumps of mud, esp on shoes

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Etymology

Origin of clarts

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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He calls a wild cherry a "guigne;" he calls a swede turnip a "baygee," a gooseberry a "grozer," mud "clarts," a horse-collar a "brime."

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