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Saturday, July 23, 2011

Caperlash

Abusive language. To cample is a Northern word for to scold.
- Roger Wilbraham's Glossary of Some Words Used in Cheshire, 1826

Amperlash, saucy, abusive language. "I'll have none o' thy amperlash."
- Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary, 1898-1905

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