clish-clash

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• clish-clash — North Country (Newcastle) Words idle discourse bandied about, uninterrupted loquacity …   English dialects glossary

• clishmaclaver — |klishməˈklāvər, |klēsh noun ( s) Etymology: Scots clish to gossip (of imitative origin) + connective ma + claver chiefly Scotland : idle talk : gossip * * * /klish meuh klay veuhr, kleesh /, n. Scot. gossip; idle or foolish …   Useful english dictionary

• clishmaclaver — /klish meuh klay veuhr, kleesh /, n. Scot. gossip; idle or foolish talk. [1720 30; clish( clash) gossip (gradational compound based on CLASH) + ma ( < ?) + CLAVER] * * * …   Universalium