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clemmy en · NOUN

Etymology

From clem + -y, originally from Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”).

Meanings

1. (Geordie, Northumbria, Teesside, qualifier:plural "clemmies") A stone (rock), particularly one that is thrown.
   • A little boy – let's call him Fergus, because that's what his mother did – climbed to the top of the tree house and took great pleasure in hoyin' clemmies at the people below. 2015 February 13, Joe Willis, “Harrogate – so posh even the ne'er-do-wells wear designer outfits and sip lattes”, in Darlington and Stockton Times:
   • The column, as the admirable Margery points out, is in no position to cast the first clemmy. 2001 May 23, John Biggs, “Losing faith, hope and charity”, in Northern Echo:
   • The nets are held down by what in those parts are known as clemmies, the dressing room's in a broken windowed community centre a quarter of a mile away, the game's watched by half a dozen Januses with an eye on the adjoining pitch. 2004 November 30, “Davey Jones's soccer”, in Northern Echo:
2. (Geordie, Northumbria, Teesside, qualifier:plural "clemmy") One stone (unit of mass)

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