blethering


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blath·er

(blăth′ər) also bleth·er (blĕth′-)
intr.v. blath·ered, blath·er·ing, blath·ers also bleth·ered or bleth·er·ing or bleth·ers
To talk nonsensically.
n.
Nonsensical talk.
[Old Norse bladhra; see bhlē- in Indo-European roots.]
blath′er·er n.
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blethering

n (inf) → Gequatsche nt (inf)
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I knew him in Egypt three hundred years ago; I knew him in India five hundred years ago -- he is always blethering around in my way, everywhere I go; he makes me tired.
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"And you a blethering old idiot!" roared Givenaught, springing up.
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To all of which the Vice-Warden simply replied "Don't you be a great blethering goose!
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"Thee mind what I tells 'ee," rejoins Rachel saucily, "and doan't 'ee kep blethering about fairings."
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This Saturday on Fintry Community Bowling Green there will be an afternoon of eating, drinking, mingling, blethering and enjoying great music.
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JOHN BARCLAY admits he was left blethering with builders to fight his way through the boredom of a summer in slow motion.
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But in reality you meet an old mate in one of the bars and miss two bands while blethering.
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This was: PS22,500 from bankers Goldman Sachs; PS36,660 for five hours' work on a Euro -referendum spiel to Barclays bankers and PS10,560 for a half hour 's work blethering to lawyers.
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You can't beat a bit of Ballybrit blethering. It cranked up a notch in the last week as the countdown ticked into cramming time for the blokes and last-minute accessorising for the birds.
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Finally, if Mrs Russell is such a big fan of wind power generation, why does she not stop blethering about nimbys in the press and get on with building a smaller turbine in her back garden?
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There we were, enjoying the Sailor Jerry and the saucy dancers, when one of my staff and her friend start blethering to us.
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