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.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
