clap-dish (clapdish, lap dish)
clap dish n * "Tongue like a miller's Clapdish" - ( Clapdish means clashing of dishes to make a noise) Refers to a very talkative person. [EDD:] [ "The housewife sat down on the floor, with the back-board on [her knees." ( lap dish - clapdish (?) ) "on this board she la...
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| Language: | English |
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1970
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| Online Access: | http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/elrcdne/id/14288 |
| Summary: | clap dish n * "Tongue like a miller's Clapdish" - ( Clapdish means clashing of dishes to make a noise) Refers to a very talkative person. [EDD:] [ "The housewife sat down on the floor, with the back-board on [her knees." ( lap dish - clapdish (?) ) "on this board she laid [a piece of paste, which she clapped or beat with her hands [until it expanded to a broad thin cake - hence the name of [clap-bread." JH 4/70 JH Used I not used Not used Checked by Cathy Wiseman on Mon 12 Oct 2015; head word contains a hyphen |
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