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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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Quotation dates: 1901
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CLASHY, adj. Of a cow's udder: soft and flabby.Ayr. 1901 Trans. Highl. Soc. XIII. 164:
Well-framed cows of the same type, with rather soft vessels—what the fancy called "clashy."
[From Clash, n.1, 1., v.1, 1.]
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