| 释义 |
nash-gab, -gob Sc. and north. dial.
[f. dial. nash impertinence (cf. snash) + gab n.]
Impertinent talk; a pert or gossiping person.
1816Scott Old Mort. viii, The Philistines..are gaun to whirry awa' Mr. Henry, and a' wi' your nash-gab. 1818― Rob Roy xxvi, They hae coost up my kindred to Rob to me already—set up their nashgabs! 1843Richardson's Borderer's Table-bk., Leg. Div. I. 116 The nashgob of a creature, Tom Fenwick, wins the haggis. |