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Meaning of cly | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

To seize; to steal.

obsolete, slang, transitive

Examples

“Wapping thou I know does love, / Else the ruffin cly the mort; / From thy stampers then remove, / Thy drawers, and let's prig in sport.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

clying clypt clyte clyted clytes clyting

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