nashgab
Scots
editNoun
editnashgab (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!".
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- an impertinent chatterer