C16: from clish-clash, reduplication of clash + claver
clishmaclaver in American English
(ˌklɪʃməˈkleivər, ˌkliʃ-)
noun
Scot
gossip; idle or foolish talk
Word origin
[1720–30; clish(-clash) gossip (gradational compound based on clash) + -ma- (‹ ?) + claver]This word is first recorded in the period 1720–30. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: arrangement, catchword, cordon bleu, joker, personify