Clabbydoo (noun) (Scottish)
Clab-ee-doo
A large dark mussel; especially the northern horse mussel, Modiolus modiolus.
Early 19th century; earliest use found in John Galt (1779–1839), novelist. From Scottish Gaelic clab-dubh (plural claba-dubha), lit. ‘black open mouth’ from clab open mouth + dubh black.
Example sentences
“The clabbydoo shells lined the shore.”
Wonky (adj) won-kee Not straight or balanced, off kilter. First recorded in 1915–20; perhaps variant of dialectal wanky, equivalent to wank(le) ( Middle English wankel, Old English wancol. (more…)
