bonnyclabber

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.

Word forms

bonnyclabber bonny clabber bonny-clabber

Etymology

Said to be from Irish bainne (“milk”) + clábair (“muddied”) (see English clabber) or Scots Gaelic cognates thereof, with the anglicization of the first element influenced by bonny.

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