clemmy
/klˈɛmi/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A diminutive of the female given name Clementine.
noun
A stone (rock), particularly one that is thrown.
Example Sentences
- "The column, as the admirable Margery points out, is in no position to cast the first clemmy."
- "The nets are held down by what in those parts are known as clemmies, the dressing room's in a broken windowed community centre a quarter of a mile away, the game's watched by half a dozen Januses with an eye on the adjoining pitch."
- "A little boy – let's call him Fergus, because that's what his mother did – climbed to the top of the tree house and took great pleasure in hoyin' clemmies at the people below."
Etymology
From Clementine + -y.
Origin
- Source language: Old English
Word Breakdown
- Root: clām
- Suffix: Clementine