claver
Americannoun
verb
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of claver
First recorded in 1680–90; origin uncertain
Example Sentences
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They were terribly prim at first; but when they found out that I was just a clavering old wife and nothing more, they lost their grand manners.
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De claver Waytie was a hill leading to a spring covered with grass, where the young maidens used to bleach their linen.
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“Maybe, if you did, you would think that it’s mair imprudent in me to stand here cracking clavers wi’ the minister than for the minister to waste his time cracking wi’ me.”
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I am out o’ clash and claver o’ the village folk.
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It’s sheer nonsense to tell such idle clavers about me.
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