Clemmy
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Clemmy is a noun meaning (Northumbria, Geordie, Teesside, plural "clemmies") A stone (rock), particularly one that is thrown.
Meaning
(Northumbria, Geordie, Teesside, plural "clemmies") A stone (rock), particularly one that is thrown.
More Meanings
- (Northumbria, Geordie, Teesside, plural "clemmy") One stone (unit of mass)
Example Sentences
The column, as the admirable Margery points out, is in no position to cast the first clemmy.
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.
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.
Word Forms
- clemmies
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include clem, clementine, clemence, clement, clay, cliff.
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