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English
Etymology
Said to be from Irish bainne (“milk”) + clábair (“muddied”) (see English clabber) or Scots Gaelic cognates thereof, with the anglicization of the first element influenced by bonny.
Noun
bonnyclabber (uncountable)
- (Scotland and US dialects) Sour, soured, fermented or curdled milk; acidophilus milk.
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References
- Noah Webster, A Dictionary of the English Language