claggy

claggy
I
Cumbrian Dictionary
(adj claggee) dirty, mucky e.g. His shoes were arl claggy after the yat lowpin competition = His shoes were very dirty after the gate jumping competition.
See also 'clarty'
II
Cleveland Dialect List
sticky, glutinous, adhesive: 'desput claggy walking'
III
Hartlepool Slang
stick it together or sticky
IV
North Country (Newcastle) Words
sticky, unctuous, clogging by adhesion. In mining it is applied to the imperfect separation of the coal from the superincumbent bed

English dialects glossary. 2013.

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