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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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clattie
,
klati
,
clatty
adjective
dirty, unclean; muddy:
A filthy, clattie manishie.
[a dirty woman]
17-
.
etymology:
Scots; Older Scots;
klati
attested in Shelta with the same meaning; attested by
SR
,
JS
and
ET