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bon⋅ny⋅clab⋅ber

  [bon-ee-klab-er]
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–noun
Northern and Midland U.S. clabber (def. 1).
Also, bon⋅ny⋅clap⋅per  [bon-ee-klap-er] .

Origin:
1625–35; < Ir bainne clabair lit., milk of the clapper (i.e., of the churn lid or dasher)

Regional variation note:
See clabber.
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bon·ny·clab·ber   (bŏn'ē-klāb'ər)   
n.   New England & Central Atlantic U.S.
Thick, soured milk eaten with cream and sugar, honey, or molasses.

[Irish Gaelic bainne clabair : bainne, milk (from Middle Irish, drop, milk, from Old Irish bannae, drop) + probably clabair, genitive of clabar, dasher of a churn.]
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