nashgab
Scots
Noun
nashgab (plural nashgabs)
- impertinent chatter
- 1817, Sir Walter Scott, Tales of my Landlord:
- See now, mither, what ye hae dune," whispered Cuddie ; ' " there's the Philistines, as ye ca' them, are gaun to whirry awa' Mr. Henry, and a' wi' your nashgab, deil be on't !".
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- an impertinent chatterer