What does clouty mean?
Clouty means (obsolete) cotton.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(obsolete) cotton.
but on a day I conceived a glorious idea, or it was put into my head by my mother, then desirous of making progress with her new clouty hearth-rug.
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Clouty means (obsolete) cotton.
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but on a day I conceived a glorious idea, or it was put into my head by my mother, then desirous of making progress with her new clouty hearth-rug.
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