Uncertain, but probably fromcloset(“privateroom;outhouse”), possibly compounded withlodge(“building”) and-ie(affectionatediminutive suffix).[1] Or simply onomatopoeic, from the sound of the flushing.
cludgie (pluralcludgies)
Originally and chiefly in theGlasgow area.
See Englishcludgie.
cludgie (pluralcludgies)