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clarty
What does clarty mean?
Dirty, muddy, smeared with sticky muck. Geordie's go-to word when 'dirty' doesn't do justice to the state of something — kids after the park, a van after a farm run, a kitchen floor after the dog.
"Take them clarty boots off before you come in the house."
Origin
From dialect 'clart' (mud, to smear), Northumbrian English.
Frequently asked questions
What does clarty mean?
In Geordie slang, clarty means filthy, muddy, or mucked-up.
How do you use clarty in a sentence?
"The path down to the river was dead clarty after all the rain."
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