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splather, v. dial.|ˈsplæðə(r)|
[Perh. var. of splatter v.]
intr. To splash; to sprawl.
1877F. Ross et al. Gloss. Words Holderness 134/2 Splather,..to splash water or mud. 1886R. Holland Gloss. County of Chester 333 A procumbent plant which spreads over the ground would be said to ‘splather about’. 1887T. Darlington Folk-Speech S. Cheshire 365 Splather,..to sprawl. ‘He had bu' just spokken th' word, an' o'er he went splatherin' i' th' middle o' th' bruk.’ 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xiv. 118 The closed Experiment Farm, now profusely splathered with flora and fauna animate and inanimate.
Also as n. (see quot. 1877); hence ˈsplathering ppl. a.
1877E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincolnshire 235/1 Splather, (1) a splash. (2) Noisy talk. 1879Dewsbre Olmenac in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1904) V. 673/2 Matters hev gotten squared up efter a deeal o' conflab an splather. 1929J. B. Priestley Good Companions i. v. 188 She sends a long splathering telegram and never puts her address in it. 1937Partridge Dict. Slang 811/2 Hold your splathers! be silent! |