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BLETHERSKATE definition in American English - Collins Dictionary
noun any of several terrestrial orchids of the genus Bletilla, of eastern Asia, as B. striata, having terminal clusters of showy purple or white flowers. www.collinsdictionary.com
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Blatherskite - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com
Blatherskite is silly, babbling speech that doesn't really mean anything. If you know someone who talks just to hear his own voice, you can call what he says ... www.vocabulary.com
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bletherskate - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
bletherskate (plural bletherskates). Alternative form of blatherskite. Categories: English lemmas · English nouns · English countable nouns. en.wiktionary.org
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bletherskate
ˈbletherskate, ˈblatherskite dial. and U.S. colloq. [f. blether v. + skate in Sc. used contemptuously. The Scotch song Maggie Lauder, in which this word occurs, was a favourite ditty in the American Camp during the War of Independence (J. Grant Wilson, Poets and Poetry of Scotl. I. 82); from this, b... Oxford English Dictionary
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SND :: bladderskate - Dictionaries of the Scots Language
(1) A silly foolish person; a babbler. Given in N.E.D. as dial. and U.S. colloq. Gen.Sc.Sc. c.1680 F. Sempill Maggie Lauder in J. · Hence blether-skittish, adj. www.dsl.ac.uk
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blatherskite - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
The word is of Scottish origin, with blather/blether + skate referring to someone who is "contemptible". en.wiktionary.org
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blatherskite
ˈblatherskite A blustering, talkative fellow (U.S. colloq.): see bletherskate. Oxford English Dictionary
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Blatherskite Meaning - Blatherskate Examples - YouTube - YouTube
Blatherskite Meaning - Blatherskate Examples - Bletherskate Definition - Informal English - Blatherskite Blatherskate Bletherskate What does ... www.youtube.com
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"BLETHERSKATE": Person who talks nonsense constantly - OneLook
▸ noun: Alternative form of blatherskite [A voluble purveyor of nonsense; a blusterer.] Similar: blatherskate, blab-tongue, iceskate, cheap skate, doubletalker, ... onelook.com
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Word of the Day - blatherskite - Dictionary.com
Blatherskite is a variant of Scottish bletherskate, which dates from the mid-17th century and is a compound of the verb blether or blather “to talk nonsense.” www.dictionary.com
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bletherskite - From Ulster to America
Hence vb To talk nonsense. [variant of bletherskate < blether + skate ' a mean or contemptible person'; cf oed bletherskate a 'a noisy, talkative fellow ... ulsterscotsacademy.com
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origin of blatherskite - windowthroughtime
The noun blatherskite which, when it is used, is generally used pejoratively to describe someone who talks a load of nonsense. windowthroughtime.wordpress.com
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Track listing Lucy Cassidy / The Bletherskate / The Smith of Chilliechassie The Scottish Settler's Lament Donald MacLean's Farewell to Oban / Dunrobin wikipedia.org
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bladderskate
bladderskate obs. form of bletherskate. Oxford English Dictionary
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