noun
(also clarts)
mass nounScottish, Northern English Sticky mud; filth.
- ‘Now where I come from these types would be called ‘happy as a pig in clarts’.’
mud, muck, mire, ooze, silt, alluvium, dirt, slime, slush, slurry
Origin
Late 17th century (as a verb in the sense ‘smear, plaster’): of unknown origin.
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