north. dial. Also clagum. [f. CLAG v.] A common name in Scotland and the north of England for treacle-toffee.
1832. W. Stephenson, Gatesh. Local Poems, 104. If money’s short, I’ll take Rabbit skins for claggum.
1858. R. S. Surtees, Ask Mamma, xciv. 407. Somehow his tongue clave to his lips—he felt as if his mouth was full of claggum.
1876. in Mid. Yorksh. and Whitby Gloss.
1878. Smiles, Robt. Dick, v. 46. It bought no end of tops, clagum, and sweeties.
