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62 CLE-AN AN' ZIMPLE.—Wholly; thus, if a dog gets on a table and eats the whole of the dinner, he is said to have "yetted ut all cle-un an' simple."

CLENTED OR CLENCHED.—Turned back upwards as in the case of a nail.

CLICK.—Completely; thorough.

"A done we click" (he took us in completely). I have heard this word used for "select" or "out of the common way" thus:— It was observed that on an occasion when entertaining guests, a certain dame of the middle class appeared to be very affected in her manner. One of her neighbours remarked afterwards, "'E zees that ther be jus' her click party, an' that be how 'tis she dos like that." That was an annual party to which the lady invited some guests of higher social standing than most of her friends and neighbours.

CLICKUTTY-CLACK.—The noise made in walking where a clog or patten is loose from the shoe.

CLIM.—Vide. To climb.

CLIMMERS.—Climbers; i.e., iron spurs having the point projecting from the instep, used to assist in climbing trees which have no branches.

CLINK.—Straightforward. A man who is not to be depended upon, or who would take advantage of one in dealing is said to be 'not quite clink.'

Also a resounding blow.

"I gid 'un a clink on the yead."

CLINKERS.—Over burnt bricks.

CLITTER-CLATTER.—Such a noise as made by knocking plates and dishes together when removing these from the table.

CLIVERS.—Goose grass.

CLO-AZ FRAP.—A pole with a fork at the top used for supporting clothes lines.

CLOD HOPPERS.—Country folk are thus sometimes disparagingly termed by townsmen.

CLOG.—A kind of over shoe or sandal used by women to keep dirt from their shoes when walking short distances. "Pattens" are used when the dirt is very deep.

CLOGGY.—Dirty.

CLOSE.—Reserved, also stingy.