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Definition of Niblike
1. resembling a penpoint [adj] - See also: penpoint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Niblike
Literary usage of Niblike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary, Historical and by John Stephen Farmer, William Ernest Henley (1902)
"Cf. NIBS. 1844. AINSWORTH. Rookwood, in., v. He's a rank NIB. Ibid. And ne'er
was there seen such a dashing prig, . . . All my togs were so niblike. 1839. ..."
2. Musa Pedestris: Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes (1536-1896) by John Stephen Farmer (1896)
"... All my togs were so niblike and plash. Readily the queer screens I then could
smash. Fake away! But my nuttiest blowen one fine day, Fake away! ..."
3. A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High Treason and by Thomas Bayly Howell, David Jardine (1816)
"... that I did much niblike it. And because you shall the better understand that
I did always not allow these master ..."
4. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1859)
"... my good fuller, when I made up my mind not to knock this niblike соте on the
head? Now we've discovered that he's a lord—and it's probable the lady that ..."
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