What's the difference between cleg and gleg?

Cleg


Definition:

  • (n.) A small breeze or horsefly.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Clegg's most recent act of clegging was to explain to this newspaper that the Institute of Fiscal Studies was wrong to brand the spending review "unfair".
  • (2) Years from now, teachers will ask their pupils to stop "clegging on" about how the dog ate their homework and just bloody hand it in on time.
  • (3) "I think you have to call a spade a spade," he clegged, immediately before demonstrating his commitment to straightforward language by querying the definition of the word "fair".
  • (4) The previous administration's simplistic "culture of how you measure fairness", was partly to blame for the Institute's foolishness, clegged Clegg in a cleggish tone of voice.

Gleg


Definition:

  • (a.) Quick of perception; alert; sharp.

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