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Those rich city-folk don't know the first thing about scranlettin' a furrow - never havin' to cletter the dishes with a thorn twig in their lives, and no mistake.
June 12th, 2009 curufea 2009
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An 'I doobtna thae rimes wasna even a verse o' an auld ballant, but jist a cletter o 'clinkin' styte
Warlock o' Glenwarlock George MacDonald 1864
sarahatlee commented on the word cletter
"I mun' cletter the dishes now. Leave me be in peace, Robert Poste's child." -- Adam Lambsbreath
January 10, 2007
BrainyBabe commented on the word cletter
To cletter is to clean the dishes by scraping them with a dry stick. Adam is a 90 year old farmhand and this is one of his main indoor activities.
December 23, 2008