clishmaclaver
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of clishmaclaver
1720–30; clish(-clash) gossip (gradational compound based on clash ) + -ma- (< ?) + claver
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And such a clishmaclaver as that man made!
From Dear Enemy by Jean Webster
George the Fort' didna fill the throne verra doucely for a' their clishmaclaver, and I don't think young Gourlay'll fill the pulpit verra doucely for a' ours.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Ye mind what he said o' Prince Geordie: 'Yet mony a ragged cowte's been known To mak a noble aiver; And ye may doucely fill a throne, For a' their clishmaclaver.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Prince Rose-Red talked without one second's intermission the whole time I was dressing him; and I allowed it, as papa and Una were not here to be disturbed by the clishmaclaver.
From Memories of Hawthorne by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop
Julia's lovely eyes dilated at this clishmaclaver, and she bowed coldly.
From Hard Cash by Charles Reade
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