- plural of clout.
Example Sentences
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When you have laid a good Laire of Clouts in the dish, put upon it a little more fresh raw or boiled cream, and then fill it up with the rest of the Clouts.
From The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight Opened by MacDonell, Anne
Gentlewoman's that with the great Belly—Sir Marmaduke Mortgage's Wife, that's come to Town to buy Clouts, her Husband lost his Estate at Roly-poly.—She's mighty Big indeed, I'm afraid she'll ha' two.
From The Fine Lady's Airs (1709) by Baker, Thomas, fl. 1700-1709
This lady was Anne, the fifth daughter of Sir John Spencer, distinguished also, in the pastoral of Colin Clouts come Home again, by the name of Charillis.
From The Poetical Works of Edmund Spenser, Volume 5 by Spenser, Edmund
He dates the dedication of his Colin Clouts Come Home Again 'from my house at Kilcolman, the 27 of December, 1591.'
From The Faerie Queene — Volume 01 by Spenser, Edmund
They were now no more like the Prisoners I left them, but were become House keepers, and Knitters of Caps and had changed their Habit from Breeches to Clouts like the Chingulays.
