Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal form of
clutch . - To close up with any adhesive substance.
- To daub with lime.
- noun A carriage somewhat similar to a gig or chaise.
- To finish (a piece of work) in a careless and hurried way; botch.
- noun Anything thrown for the purpose of daubing.
- noun Mire raked together into heaps on streets or roadsides.
- noun A piece of work done in a careless way; a botch.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Scot. & Dial. Eng.) A soft or sloppy lump or mass.
- noun Anything put together or made in a careless or slipshod way; hence, a sluttish or slipshod woman.
- verb Scot. To daub or smear, as with lime; to make or finish in a slipshod way.
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Examples
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Cable news is like a bunch of old biddies in a coffee clatch.
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While she styles herself as the leader of a "traditional values" clatch, her lack of truthfulness marks her as a zombie impostor.
Bil Browning: TVC's Andrea Lafferty: A zombie queen in pastel 2010
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Moral of the story: its naiive to think an old fashioned, civil 'coffee clatch' will ease the deep wounds and pain of battle worn adversaries.
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I'll also be a the YA author coffee clatch thing, the Newbery banquet squee! and the Printz.
E. Lockhart's Blog: 2009
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I think the idea is to create a clatch of entertaining featurettes that can go on the teevee, those little silver disks that people play in their computers and home players, and also go into theatres.
Disney Animation's TeeVee Special Steve Hulett 2009
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She took me on a circuitous route through the school grounds to the far end of the outskirts of the property, where there was a clatch of decidedly shabby trailers stationed.
Amanda Copeland: Maximum Platform Versus Basic Floor: The Case for Autism as its Own Universe 2009
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So it comes off as pejorative, "clatch of mud" but that wasn't my intent.
Disney Animation's TeeVee Special Steve Hulett 2009
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He would still manage to join the morning coffee clatch of gringos on the Joco plaza 2-3 times a week, & would usually bring a small pack of donuts to share with the dogs.
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So it comes off as pejorative, "clatch of mud" but that wasn't my intent.
Disney Animation's TeeVee Special Steve Hulett 2009
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I personally like the half-hour format, and I'm happy that the big studios are doing a clatch of them in-house.
Disney Animation's TeeVee Special Steve Hulett 2009
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