blether

[ bleth-er ]

/ ˈblɛð ər /

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noun, verb (used with or without object)

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How to use blether in a sentence

He replied, Och, we just boomed yon stone boxes until they stopped their blether, and then went to the next one.
The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918|Frederick William Bewsher
Her faither's ga' blether's fu' o' ga' stanes, or as my faither ca'es them, ga' nuts—a decided icterus or jaundice.
Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX|Alexander Leighton
As if the holy Psalmist thought of rattling rhymes in blether, like his own silly clinkum-clankum that he calls verse!
Red Cap Tales|Samuel Rutherford Crockett
Ulster and Scotch form blether, blethering: Burns speaks of stringing 'blethers up in rhyme.'
English As We Speak It in Ireland|P. W. Joyce

In the same way Mr. Philip can blether to his silly heart's content and he'll never prove that I'm a bold girl.
The Judge|Rebecca West

British Dictionary definitions for blether

blether

/ (ˈblɛðə) /

verb, noun

Scot a variant spelling of blather

Word Origin for blether

C16: from Old Norse blathra, from blathr nonsense

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