Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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CLICK-CLACK, n. comb. “Uninterrupted loquacity” (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Bnff.2, Abd.22 1937). Used also as a nick-name for a talkative person.Sc. 1852 H. Miller Schools and Schoolm. (1859) xii.:
Click-Clack, — a name, expressive of the carter's fluency as a talker, by which he was oftener designed than by the one in the parish register.Abd. 1923 P. Giles in Bnffsh. Jnl. (8 May) 10:
If the yatterin' click-clack of the wife usually portrayed in a Scots reading be typical, then all I can say is, “Preserve us from Scots wives!”
