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
“They keek oop a lot o’ talk and clish ma claver aboot it kettin’ dairk.
From Steve Young by George Manville Fenn
I am out o’ clash and claver o’ the village folk.
From Christine A Fife Fisher Girl by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
“Oh, and here’s another old place that’s gone astray!” poking “Der Halle” on a straight line with its neighbor, “De claver Waytie.”
From Blue Robin, the Girl Pioneer by Rena I. Halsey
There's no a claver in a' the countryside but ye maun fess 't hame aneth yer oxter, as gin 't were the prodigal afore he repentit.
From Malcolm by George MacDonald
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