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clabber

clab·ber

UK/ˈklæb.ə(ɹ)/ uncommon
noun (1) verb (1)

noun

1.

raw milk that has soured and thickened

verb

1.

turn into curds

  • “curdled milk”
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Origin

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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