clamjamfry

noun

clam·​jam·​fry

variants or clamjamfrey

klamˈjamfri

or less commonly clanjamfrey

klanˈj-

plural clamjamfrys or clamjamfries or clamjamfreys also clanjamfreys

1

chiefly Scottish : rabble, mob

2

chiefly Scottish : odds and ends, rubbish

Word History

Etymology

perhaps from obsolete clam base, mean + Scots jamph to sneer, scoff + English -ry

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