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cast not a clout till May be out

cast not a clout till May be out is the alternative form of ne'er cast a clout till May be out.

Meaning of ne'er cast a clout till May be out

Proverb

ne'er cast a clout till May be out

  1. (UK, dialectal) Do not change from winter clothes to summer clothes until June, as there is often a sudden cold snap in May.
    • Leave not off a Clout, / Till May be out.[1732, Thomas Fuller, compiler, Gnomologia: Adagies and Proverbs; Wise Sentences and Witty Sayings, Ancient and Modern, Foreign and British, London: […] B. Barker […]; and A. Bettesworth and C....

Questions about cast not a clout till May be out

What is cast not a clout till May be out the alternative form of?
Cast not a clout till May be out is the alternative form of ne'er cast a clout till May be out.

Words near cast not a clout till May be out in the dictionary

  1. cast members
  2. cast net
  3. cast nets
  4. cast netter
  5. cast netters
  6. cast not a clout till May be out
  7. cast of thousands
  8. cast off
  9. cast oil on troubled waters
  10. cast on
  11. cast one's bread upon the waters

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