clishmaclaver

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]

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