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Clart vs Claro - What's the difference?

clart | claro |

As nouns the difference between clart and claro

is that clart is a daub while claro is a cigar whose wrapper is very light tan or yellowish.

As a verb clart

is to daub, smear, or spread, especially with mud, etc; to dirty.

clart

English

Alternative forms

*clairt, (l)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A daub.
    • a clart of grease
  • Sticky mud, mire or filth.
  • *1997 , (Thomas Pynchon), Mason & Dixon :
  • *:I’m but a county Surveyor,– not really at m’ best upon the grand and global type of expedition, content here at home, old Geordie a-slog thro’ the clarts […].
  • (Geordie, pejorative) A person who is unclean.
  • (Geordie, pejorative) A fool.

    • Derived terms

    * (l) * (l)

    References

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    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To daub, smear, or spread, especially with mud, etc.; to dirty.
  • *1932 , (Lewis Grassic Gibbon), Sunset Song'', Polygon 2006 (''A Scots Quair ), p. 43:
  • *:Chris boiled water in kettles for hours and hours and then towels came down, towels clairted with stuff she didn't dare look at, she washed them quick and hung them to dry.

    • claro

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A cigar whose wrapper is very light tan or yellowish.

    • Coordinate terms

    * Colorado * Colorado claro * Colorado maduro * double claro * double maduro * maduro * oscuro ----