- clemmed
- Adj. Hungry. Also spelt 'klempt'. Wigan use. Dialect
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clemmed — adj British starving, hungry. An old term which is a survival of northern dialect (from the Middle English clemmen, meaning to pinch ). Clemmed is still heard occa sionally among older speakers (and, incidentally, in the TV soap opera Coro nation … Contemporary slang
clemmed — clem «klehm», verb, clemmed, clem|ming. British Dialect. –v.t. to pinch with hunger, parch with thirst, or benumb with cold. –v.i. to suffer from hunger, thirst, or cold. Also, clam. ╂[origin uncertain. Compare Dutch and German klemmen pinch.] … Useful english dictionary
clemmed — I Yorkshire Dialect Hungry II Cleveland Dialect List hungry; see clam … English dialects glossary
clemmed — v. be hungry, make someone starve … English contemporary dictionary
clem — I. ˈklem verb (clemmed ; clemmed ; clemming ; clems) Etymology: Middle English clemmen to pinch more at clam transitive verb dialect England … Useful english dictionary
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clem — /klem/, v.t., v.i., clemmed, clemming. Brit. Dial. to starve. [1530 40; akin to ME forclemmed (ptp.) pinched with hunger, OE beclemman to fetter] * * * … Universalium
clammed — Mawdesley Glossary clemmed. Starved for lack of food … English dialects glossary
clemped — adj British starving, hungry. An old term which is a survival of northern dialect (from the Middle English clemmen, meaning to pinch ). Clemmed is still heard occa sionally among older speakers (and, incidentally, in the TV soap opera Coro nation … Contemporary slang
