10 LIBRI IN INGLESE ASSOCIATI CON «CLISHMACLAVER»
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clishmaclaver nella seguente selezione bibliografica. Libri associati con
clishmaclaver e piccoli estratti per contestualizzare il loro uso nella letteratura.
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Blackwood's Edinburgh magazine
... to scratch : — "Claw me and I'll claw you."— Scots Proverb. " I laugh when I am
merry, and claw no man in his humour."' — Shakspeare : Much Ado about
Nothing. Clishmaclaver, idle gossip : — " What farther clishmaclaver might been
said.
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Glencreggan; or, A Highland home in Cantire, by Cuthbert Bede
I ken'd them weel, and what they wanted. ' But,' said I, 'have ye come for a little
clishmaclaver ? ' " (which Mr. Budd explained to mean idle talk). " ' No,' says they ;
' we've not come for clishmaclaver, but for work, and we've caught you nicely.
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Glencreggan: or, A Highland home in Cantire
But,' said I, 'have ye come for a little clishmaclaver ?' " (which Mr. Eudd explained
to mean idle talk). " ' No,' says they ; ' we've not come for clishmaclaver, but for
work, and we've caught you nicely. We thought that old cow had smelt something
...
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The Edinburgh monthly magazine [afterw.] Blackwood's ...
... a coof wi' a claut o' siller." — Burns : Meg o' the Mill. Claw, to scratch : — " Claw
me and I'll claw you." — Scots Proverb. " I laugh when I am merry, and daw no
man in his humour. " — Shakspeare : Much ado about Nothing. Clishmaclaver ...
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The English dialect dictionary
NORTH Nodes (ed.'1856) IV. 134. Rxb. Kisses stown o' sweetest flavour Mbt'd wi'
amr'ous clishmaclaver, A. Sco'rr Poems (1808) 173. N.I.', N.Cy.1 Nnn. Yet aften I
offend the rich Wi' clishmaclaver, DONALD-'5qu Poems (1809) 96; Not».1 Wm.
Miss Arabella Scinderilla Georgictta Gulielmi- na Clishmaclaver Petweet was the
only daughter of fond and -indulgent parents; she was in the earty bloom and gay
promise of sixteen. She was beautiful beyond the fairest of her sex — beyond ...
gossip, Inf. scuttlebutt, hearsay, Fr. oui-dire, report, Archaic, bruit; SI. dope, Inf.
inside info, SI. poop; prattle, idle talk, SI. schmooze, small talk, palaver, Scot,
clishmaclaver; chat, chitchat, SI. yackety-yak, SI. yak, twaddle, blather. — v. 2.
tattle, Inf.
Jerome Irving Rodale, 1978
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Foyle's further philavery: a cornucopia of lexical delights
clishmaclaver. noun (Scots) gossip $»>In Scots, an internet chatroom is a '
clishmaclaver room'. cloop. noun the sound of drawing a cork from a bottle $»>It
is not hard to understand where this onomatopoeic word came from. comstock
cloot ...
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The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction
A creative and funny guide to writing fiction shows readers where to go to find inspiration, stories, and characters, in a guide that demystifies the writing process while maintaining the author's comic voice.
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The Poems & Songs of Robert Burns: With a Life of the ...
Claw, to scratch Cleed, to clot/18 Cleeds, cl JHICS Cleekit, having caught Clinkin,
jer/ring, clmking ' Clinkumbell, who rmgi the church bell Clips, sheers -
Clishmaclaver, idle conversruion Clock, to hatch, a beetle Clockin, hatching Cloot
, the ...
Robert Burns, Hamilton Paul, 1819
