Plural of clokie; sticky, gummy, or muddy material, particularly referring to clay or mud (Scottish dialect).
From Scottish English clokie or cloiky, related to 'cloik' meaning thick mud or sticky matter. The origin likely connects to Germanic roots meaning 'to stick' or 'to cling,' similar to 'clog'.
Scottish English preserves words for specific landscape experiences—'clokies' for that particular Scottish mud that sticks to your boots tells you that language reflects a community's relationship with their environment.
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