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CLABBER

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clab⋅ber

  [klab-er] South Midland and Southern U.S.
Use CLABBER in a Sentence
–noun
1. milk that has soured and thickened; curdled milk.
–verb (used without object)
2. (of milk) to curdle; to become thick in souring.
Also, clobber.

Origin:
1625–35; < Ir clabar short for bainne clabair bonnyclabber

Regional variation note:
Clabber has many regional variations, including bonnyclabber and its variant bonnyclapper in the Northern and Midland U.S., thick milk in the Hudson River Valley and North Midland U.S., lobber and its variant lobbered milk in the Inland North, clobber in the South Midland and Southern U.S., and crud in some widely scattered areas.
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clab·ber   (klāb'ər)   
n.   Chiefly Southern, Midland, & Western U.S.
Sour, curdled milk. Also called regionally thick milk.
tr. & intr.v.   clab·bered, clab·ber·ing, clab·bers
To curdle.

[Short for bonnyclabber.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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