Clavers

‘Ye may swear that,’ replied the provost — ‘as black a Jacobite as the auld leaven can make him; but a sonsy, merry companion, that none of us think it worth while to break wi’ for all his brags and his clavers. ❋ Unknown (2008)

And this mad quean, after cracking like a pen-gun, and skirling like a pea-hen for the haill night, behoves just to hae hadden her tongue when her clavers might have dune some gude! ❋ Unknown (2007)

I cheated the leddy for your clavers, but I wasna gaun to cheat my joe. ❋ Unknown (2004)

"You are both reformers: he gained his point by clavers; you attempt to gain yours by knocks." ❋ Jeanie Lang (N/A)

I'll warrant you do not know anything of that, but it's the clavers of the ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

"Cut clavers and tell me what ails your mistress!" ❋ Neil Munro (N/A)

It's sheer nonsense to tell such idle clavers about me. ❋ William MacLeod Raine (1912)

It came nearer and nearer, and everyone stopped their clavers [27] and began to look down the road. ❋ Elizabeth Wilson Grierson (1908)

He clavers them over with flattery as the snake clavers the rabbit. ❋ Rudyard Kipling (1900)

We are auld neighbours, an we were nae 'kin --- and my gude-dame's fain to see you --- she clavers about your father that was killed lang syne.' ' ❋ Unknown (1898)

` ` Ay, 'said his patron, ` ` but ye ken we maun hae turnips for the lang sheep, billie, and muckle hard wark to get them, baith wi the pleugh and the howe; and that wad sort ill wi' sitting on the broomy knowe, and cracking about Black Dwarfs, and siccan clavers, as was the gate lang syne, when the short sheep were in the fashion. '' ❋ Unknown (1898)

"Maybe, if you did, you would think that it's mair imprudent in me to stand here cracking clavers wi 'the minister than for the minister to waste his time cracking wi' me." ❋ Unknown (1898)

You know, unless you are behind in the clashes and clavers of ❋ Unknown (1898)

"Ah'll hae nane o 'your clavers," he said shortly. ❋ Various (1898)

I could have wished, though, they had rather putten a ball through him, or a dirk; for the fashion of removing him will give rise to mony idle clavers --- But every wight has his weird, and we maun a 'dee when our day comes ❋ Unknown (1887)

Lennox, and the misfortune o 'some folk losing life by him, he was an honester man than stood on ony o' their shanks --- And whatfor suld I mind their clavers? ❋ Unknown (1887)

--- Weel, that's just as weel --- they cost the burgh siller, and there might hae been some clavers about the loss o 'them. ❋ Unknown (1887)

Weel, that's just as well -- they cost the burgh siller, and there might hae been some clavers about the loss o 'them -- O, an Bailie Grahame were to get word ❋ Various (1885)

Do you think that I did not hear all this clash and clavers before? ❋ Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr (1875)