CLEAN-HEELS—Lads ’at’s been amang t’ pes, er i’ somebody’s wotchet, an’ er catcht ’ll show ye some clean heels as they gang ower t’ dykes.
CLEG—A gad-fly, but git yan i’ yer neck whol on a het day, an’ let it git agiat sooken, an’ than common cleg’s fine eniuf.
CLEW—A clew o’ yarn. It’s when ye’ve wund it ready fer knittin. “Give it a corner and the clew undoes,” says George Herbert.
CLICK—Snatch. Click hod ov his coat laps.
CLINKERS—A kind of nails used to protect the edges of a shoe sole.
CLINKIN’—Noo this means summat grand. A clinkin lal meear, a clinkin good plewer, er mower, er runner, er wrussler, er owt else.
CLINKS—Sheep leg joints. T’ lasses laik wi’ them, an’ co them clinks.
CLINK-OFF—Some ’ll clink off ta be soldiers, an’ some to be summat else. It means ’at they gang an’ mak neea sign, they clink off an’ git wedded er ’list, er owt else, an’ sometimes they rue their clinkin tricks.
CLOOAS-MOOTH—It’s what maks a sharp heed, but some fooak’s far ower clooas behauf.
CLUDDY—A cluddy-nut is a sooart of Siamese twin nut; tweea grown tagidder.