clishmaclaver

English

Noun

clishmaclaver (plural clishmaclavers)

1. (Scotland) Gossip; silly chatter.
   • 1789, John Moore, Zeluco, Valancourt, published 2008, page 271:

     “Some people endeavour to defend this, saying, that it assists devotion, and a great deal of idle clish-maclaiver of the same kind […] .”

Scots

Noun

clishmaclaver (plural clishmaclavers)

1. Gossip; idle talk.

   A curse on dull and drawlin' Whig, the whinin' rantin' low deceiver, wi' heart sae black and look sae big, and cantin' tongue o' clishmaclaver.

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