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Definition of Gabbles
1. gabble [v] - See also: gabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabbles
Literary usage of Gabbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"One wlio gabbles ; a prater ; a noisy, silly, or incoherent talker.
gabbling (gab'ling), n. [Verbal n. of gabble, «.] Incoherent babble ; jabber.
barbarians ..."
2. Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology by Babette Deutsch, Avrahm Yarmolinsky (1921)
"The house-sprite gabbles on above the bleak hour's stark- ness. The peasant-hut
is scowling; pewter eye agleam, The lonely window stares out at the thaw and ..."
3. Treasury of Knowledge and Library of Reference by Samuel Maunder (1855)
"The goose gabbles among the screaming swans." "He gabbles like a goose amidst
the swan-like quire. ..."
4. The Humorous Poetry of the English Language, from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton (1884)
"Das Haus mit sieben gabbles? ... and den Die Sieben gabbles are de talk of your
chief public men; ..."
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