Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumbles
Literary usage of Drumbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"To drumble, to be confused in doing anything ; he dreams drumbles, he is half
Asleep or stupid.—Hal. ' Look how you drumble.' —Shakes. ..."
2. The Fortunes of Nigel by Walter Scott (1878)
"Why, how she drumbles—I warrant she stops to take a sip on the road, and then
you will think you have had unchristian measure. In the meanwhile, look at ..."
3. Life in Spain: Past and Present by Walter Thornbury (1860)
"That ark-like caravan, drawn by six pairs of oxen drumbles, now passed me, with
its matted sides and market-cart awning—" melancholy slow"—laden with its ..."
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