clish-ma-clavern.
/klɪʃməˈkleɪvə/, /ˈklɪʃməkleɪvə/, U.S. /ˈklɪʃməˌkleɪvər/, Scottish English /klɪʃməˈklevər/ Scottish.
Gossip, foolish talk.
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1728 A. Ramsay Advice to Mr. —— This method's ever thought the braver Than either cuffs, or clish-ma-claver.
1794 R. Burns Let. 19 Oct. (2003) II. 315 Don't..have any clishmaclaiver about it among our acquaintances.
1826 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xxix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 786 Her clish-maclavers about the Forty-five.
Derivatives
clish-ma-claver v. to gossip.
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1822 J. Galt Sir Andrew Wylie I. xiii. 109 To keep me clishmaclavering when I should be taking my pick.
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