Clatty

n.

Heard in Monaghan, Cavan and Leitrim

Messy/Dirty.

In use

Garshun (see Armagh), take the rough off (clean) that horshe-bockshe, 'tis clatty!" "But Dawddy, I thought you said I haven't the hands to clean me own arshe?

Posh English

Young master, remove the grime from that conveyance, it is positively filthy!

Same phrase, other counties

  • Cavan (not in the dictionary)
  • Dirty birdy'sPeculiar or wild young women, usually eccentric company.
  • Dirty bollixes!A disparaging term for a person from Dublin, especially in the context of sport.
  • Dirty knockA woman of disrepute.
  • Dirty owl wanA thoroughly damp, miserable and wet day.
  • Dirty punchersOne who goes out carousing every weekend; a dedicated social reveller.
  • Dirty toothA person who is physically unclean or unkempt.