- a variation of blather.
blether
Americannoun
verb
Etymology
Origin of blether
C16: from Old Norse blathra , from blathr nonsense
Example Sentences
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Julie said Caroline was "so big on family" and described her as a "wee blether" who loved to chat.
From BBC • Dec. 14, 2023
She was always late for class in the morning because she would stay back at breakfast club to blether.
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2019
“When the flats were new, everybody knew their neighbours, your door was always open and you’d always stop for a blether when you passed someone on the stairs,” she said.
From The Guardian • Aug. 18, 2015
The Manic Street Preachers – Wales's go-to band for insurrectionist blether – have nothing on this.
From The Guardian • Jun. 8, 2013
Thou'll reckon I'm talkin' blether," he went on, "but I tell thee it's true, ivery word on it.
From Tales of the Ridings by Vaughan, C.
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