claver
Americannoun
verb
noun
Etymology
Origin of claver
First recorded in 1680–90; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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This has been criticized as a claver but patronizing estimate, but it indicates what is generally admitted to be Mr. Denby's outstanding quality, loyalty.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am out o’ clash and claver o’ the village folk.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Such a claver as there was, to be sure, when Tom and the Harrisons met!
From Viking Boys by Saxby, Jessie Margaret Edmondston
"Everybody will ken the right wye o' it, and will claver and gossip, when they wad 'a be better to mind their ain affairs, an' let ither folk alane."
From The Underworld The Story of Robert Sinclair, Miner by Welsh, James C.
"I mean," explained Donald confusedly "it's no great thing to make a claver about."
From The Boy Scouts Patrol by Victor, Ralph
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