Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Dirty; slovenly.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Used to describe people, places, and objects that are a bit shabby, dirty, 70's, greasy.
  • noun A shabby, slovenly person.

Etymologies

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A word from Cavan, Ireland.

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Examples

  • Detectives Beyond Borders: "Thick as mince and a clatty bastit"

    "Thick as mince and a clatty bastit" Peter Rozovsky 2010

  • It wis a summer Sunday forenoon the clatty end o January an the mile lang visitors’ corridor wis toom.

    Links purge Ray Girvan 2004

  • It wis a summer Sunday forenoon the clatty end o January an the mile lang visitors’ corridor wis toom.

    Archive 2004-09-01 Ray Girvan 2004

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  • From urban dicitonary

    June 22, 2007