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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLATHER, n. [′klɑθər]

1. Anything in a broken-down, dilapidated condition, “such as an old cart” (Ork. 1911 J. Spence in Old-Lore Misc., Ork., Sh., etc. IV. ii. 67). Cf. Klatter, Cluther, n. (2), and Cloiter, n., 2.

2. Applied to an old, infirm man: a “crock.”Ib.:
An old man . . . took what was called a “stunder afore daeth,” and married a young woman, at which folks would remark: “I'm shure! whit's shu taen a ald clather like dat for?”