CRUD—Curd.
CRUTLEN—Recovering. Ah’s crutlen oot nicely.
CRUEL—Extreme; excessive. A cruel good crop, a cruel lang time, a cruel gurt eater.
CROBBACKEN—A severe handling. Oh man! but Ah’ll tell thi what that new yal it dud gie me a crobbacken. The reference is chiefly to internal disarrangement.
CUSTOMER—An original character. He’s a gay customer wi a sup o’ yal in him.
CUCKOO-FLOOR—Bachelor Buttons.
CUCKOO—Hide and seek. Shoot “cuckoo” er Ah’ll give ower.
CUCKOO-SPIT—Ye find it on t’ gerse an’ floor stalks; it hes t’ egg of a grasshopper inside it. N.B.—It’s happen summat else ner a grasshopper, but it’s summat o that mack, and this izzant a nat’ral history.
CUCKOO-AN-T’-LAL BIRD—T’ cuckoo hes a lal mate ’at flees aboot a hundred yerds behint it, an’ when ye see a gurt whidderin’ lass wi’ a lal bit midge ov a chap, er a chap tweea yerds lang wi’ yan hauf his size, ye’ve seen t’ cuckoo an’ t’ lal bird.
CUDDY-BUSTARD—Siam as bustard.