clidgy

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clidgy

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Hotten suggests Old English clæg.

adjective more clidgy · most clidgy

Sticky; tacky. When he'd got the objects properly on to his spade and had brushed off some of the clidgy earth, he saw a metal bar, about six inches long, rather like an outsize safety pin, on which were hung three keys of different shapes and sizes.

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@misc{clidgy_2026,
  title = {clidgy},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/clidgy},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}