bonnyclabber

American  

[bon-ee-klab-er] / ˈbɒn iˌklæb ər /

Also bonnyclapper

noun

1. Northern and Midland U.S. clabber.

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Regionalisms

See clabber.

Etymology

Origin of bonnyclabber

First recorded in 1625–35, bonnyclabber is from Irish bainne clabair literally, “milk of the clapper” (i.e., of the churn lid or dasher)

Example Sentences

Some of the blossomy May was left yet on the hawthorns, and over all the sky hovered, with pale-white clouds in pale-blue spaces of air like an inverted lake of bonnyclabber.

From Seven English Cities by Howells, William Dean

At sundown he ate a small-sized hoe-cake and a tin pan of bonnyclabber; then observing "That he believed he was put into dis world for nothing but to have trouble," he took to his bed.

From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

Twice a week the children enjoyed a bowl of bonnyclabber or curds, with a little brown sugar sprinkled on the top.

From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by Griffis, William Elliot

She raised the jar of bonnyclabber, which lurched out in jerks upon his plate, whilst he kept gayly stirring it with the spoon.

From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von