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clishmaclaver

[ klish-muh-kley-ver, kleesh- ]

noun

, Scot.
  1. gossip; idle or foolish talk.


clishmaclaver

/ ˌklɪʃməˈkleɪvə /

noun

  1. idle talk; gossip
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clishmaclaver1

1720–30; clish(-clash) gossip (gradational compound based on clash ) + -ma- (< ?) + claver
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Word History and Origins

Origin of clishmaclaver1

C16: from clish-clash, reduplication of clash + claver
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Example Sentences

There is more of good sense, sound judgment, truth, and good taste, in it, than in all the clishmaclaver which has been issued from the Popish presses and Jesuit quarterly reviews in the United States, during the last half century.

Clish-clash, klish′-klash, Clishmaclaver, klish′maklāv′ėr, n. gossip.

Noo, I’ve been a gude friend to ye always, Peter, and eef there’s iver been anything wrang, I’ve been like Sir Murray himsel’ to all ye sairvants, and paid yer wage, and seen ye raised, and that no ane put upon ye; so now tell me, like a gude laddie, has there been any clishmaclaver with Maister Norton and my laird here?”

Weel, weel, no to clishmaclaver about him.

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.

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