clarty
adjective clartier or clartiest
Scot and Northern English dialect dirty, esp covered in mud; filthy
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Examples from the Web for clarty
Historical Examples of clarty
The first purchase was, as we have seen, the hundred odd acres of Clarty Hole.
AbbotsfordAnonymous
In spite of all its manifest drawbacks, "Clarty Hole," appealed to Scott.
Highways and Byways in The BorderAndrew Lang
It stands on low level ground, for it is redeemed out of a duckpond, out of Clarty hole.
The Spell of ScotlandKeith Clark
Abbotsford was Cartley Hole first—not Clarty—which is a mere vulgar play on the original.
In the Border CountryW. S. (William Shillinglaw) Crockett
At the opposite side of the ford we reached a little inn, as dirty and clarty as all the inns are.
James GeikieMarion I. Newbigin