clarts

/ klærts, klɑːts /

plural noun

1. dialect,  lumps of mud, esp on shoes

Word History and Origins

Origin of clarts¹

of unknown origin

Example Sentences

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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