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cludge

cludge noun: a toilet. Also the alternative spelling of kludge.

Noun

cludge (plural cludges)

  1. (UK, dialectal, slang) A toilet.
    • ‘Listen, hen, I better get going. Just need to visit the old cludge first.’1994, Gordon Legge, I Love Me (Who Do You Love?), page 10
    • Should I ever coin it in with a series of bonkbusters, I reflect, looking at the draughty – doubtless rat-infested – cludge, I should like to erect a similar statue, to all the nameless women throughout time who died on the toilet of cystitis.2012, Caitlin Moran, Moranthology, Ebury Press, published 2012, page 48
    Synonyms:
    cludgie

Also used as

cludge is also the alternative spelling of kludge.

Synonyms of cludge

Forms of cludge

Noun
pluralcludges
Verb
third-person singular presentcludges
present participlecludging
past participlecludged
pastcludged

Questions about cludge

What does cludge mean?
Cludge means a toilet.
What part of speech is cludge?
Cludge is a noun.
What is the plural of cludge?
The plural of cludge is cludges.

Words near cludge in the dictionary

  1. cluckings
  2. clucks
  3. clucks one's tongue
  4. cluckt
  5. clucky
  6. cludge
  7. cludged
  8. cludges
  9. cludgie
  10. cludgies
  11. cludging

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