bonny-clabber

(Irish, baine, milk, and clabar, mire.)

An Irish term for sour buttermilk.--Nares' Glossary.

We scorn for want of talk, to jabber

Of parties o'er our bonny-clabber;

Nor are we studious to inquire,

Who votes for manors, who for hire.

Swift.

Clabber
·noun Milk curdled so as to become thick. II. Clabber ·vi To become clabber; to <<Lopper>>. ...

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Bonny
·adj Gay; merry; frolicsome; cheerful; blithe. II. Bonny ·adj Handsome; beautiful; pretty; attracti...

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bonny
pleasing and unaffected. York, and Derb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
bonny-clapper
(Irish, baine, milk, and clabar, mire.) An Irish term for sour buttermilk.--Nares' Glossary. We sc...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.