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Burnleymasher
 Post subject: Clouts
PostPosted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:32 pm 
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Means- clothes.


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 Post subject: Re: Clouts
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Cast not a clout, till May is out.
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 Post subject: Re: Clouts
PostPosted: Sat Jul 04, 2009 11:45 am 
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Not clout as in smacked?

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 Post subject: Re: Clouts
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I used to get threatened with a clout when I was misbehaving as a child, so it probably applies to both instances.


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 Post subject: Re: Clouts
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Mel wrote:
Not clout as in smacked?


I remember that but not the clothes thing. :roll: And I remember the May thing as well.

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