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clabber.

Sour or curdled milk.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/
  1. Sour or curdled milk.

    uncountable
  2. Wet clay or mud.

    uncountable
Where this word comes from

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

verb/ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/
  1. To sour or curdle.

Where this word comes from

Shortening of bonny clabber, from Irish bainne clábar (“mud, thick milk for churning”) or a Scots Gaelic cognate thereof; the latter is probably related to láib (“dirt, mud, filth”).

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