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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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clattiness
noun
dirtyness:
Shanish, shanish,
[o dear, dear]
here comes the ten leagues of clattiness coming tae the kane
[house]! [said of a visitor]
20-
.
etymology:
a derivative from Scots
clattie
; attested by
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