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Meaning of cly | Babel Free

Verb CEFR A2

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

A2

Elementary
This word is part of the CEFR A2 vocabulary — elementary level.

See also

clying clypt clyte clyted clytes clyting