bonny-clapper

(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.

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

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
bonny
pleasing and unaffected. York, and Derb. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
Clapper
·noun A rabbit burrow. II. Clapper ·noun A person who claps. III. Clapper ·noun That which strikes...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
clapper
The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
clapper
A name for the valve of a pump-box. Also, a plank or foot-bridge across a running stream; also, the ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
bonny-clabber
(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.
clapper claw
To scold, to abuse, or claw off with the tongue. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
shoulder clapper
A bailiff, or member of the catch club. Shoulder-clapped; arrested. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose