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Definition of Grabble
1. v. i. To grope; to feel with the hands.
Definition of Grabble
1. Verb. To search with one's hands and fingers; to grope. ¹
2. Verb. To lie prostrate on the belly; to sprawl on the ground; to grovel. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Grabble
1. to grope [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES] - See also: grope
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grabble
Literary usage of Grabble
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1851)
"... cause dis nigger lo grabble fur do Ian'. Oh E whar did j no kum fuin, ...
di-« nigger to grabble fur do Ian*. Oh I what did yoo kum fuin, ..."
2. Negro Myths from the Georgia Coast, Told in the Vernacular by Charles Colcock Jones (1888)
"Wile dis bin er gwine on, Buh Goat an eh wife busy duh grabble, grabble, grabble
onder de sill er de ..."
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