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 Bonnie Dundee.Bono Johnny. 
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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Bonnyclabber.
 
A drink made of beer and buttermilk. (Irish, bainne, milk; claba, thick or thickened.)   1
        “With beer and buttermilk, mingled together, . . To drink such … bonny-clapper.”
       
Ben Jonson: The New Inn, i. 3.
 


 Bonnie Dundee.Bono Johnny. 

 
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