clabber
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
Regionalisms
Clabber has many regional variations, including bonnyclabber and its variant bonnyclapper in the Northern and Midland U.S., thick milk in the Hudson River Valley and North Midland U.S., lobber and its variant lobbered milk in the Inland North, clobber in the South Midland and Southern U.S., and crud in some widely scattered areas.
Etymology
Origin of clabber
1625–35; < Irish clabar short for bainne clabair bonnyclabber
Example Sentences
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She threw big dinners, serving game birds she’d shot herself or mallards she raised, achieving the best flavor, McCutchan writes, “by feeding them skim milk, clabber, grains and greens.”
From New York Times
If you’re lucky, another product you might find at Broham is clabbered milk ice cream, a subversive interpretation of the spoiled leftover milk that black people were limited to during slavery.
From Washington Post
The clabbered milk was no thicker than when I started, nothing like the cultured option.
From Washington Post
The family ate clabber, corn bread, grits, and vegetables that they grew in their garden.
From The New Yorker
A doctor advised drinking daily one to three glasses of “clabber” — soured, thickened milk.
From Washington Post
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