English Explanatory Dictionary

cly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To seize; to steal.
noun
  1. A person's pocket.

Word forms

cly clies clying clied

Etymology

Probably related to claw (compare Low German kleien, klaien (“to claw, scratch, grasp, seize”), dialectal German klauen, kläuen, kleuen (“to steal”), German klauen (“to steal, rip off”)). Alternatively referred by some to Dutch kleed (“a garment”); "to fake a cly" was to take a garment.

Related words

cloyer clye

Derived words

clyfaker clyfaking frisk someone's cly
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