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Definition of Jibbers
1. jibber [n] - See also: jibber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jibbers
Literary usage of Jibbers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Search for Fortune: The Autobiography of a Younger Son, a Narrative of by Hamilton Lindsay-Bucknall (1878)
"... their horses—Knowing ones—Buck-jumpers and jibbers—Horse stealing—Arrest of
the " ugly German with spectacles "—The result—Buenos Ayres—Lighterage—Dr. ..."
2. Illustrated Horse-breaking by Matthew Horace Hayes (1908)
"They are extremely liable to be converted into jibbers by bad management.
Rearing jibbers, as I may call those horses which practise the second form of ..."
3. An Old Coachman's Chatter with Some Practical Remarks on Driving by Edward Corbett (1890)
"One of the commonest evils which befell coachmen was to deal with jibbers, they
caused the loss of so much time. A kicker, especially if a well-bred one, ..."
4. Publications by English Dialect Society (1875)
"... (he) idn none o" your jibbers mind ! The words in brackets would be omitted
without any context precedent or otherwise to lead up to the omission. ..."
5. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1869)
"... an unnecessary infliction ; to proclaim that we have more broken-kneed horses,
more plungers, bolters, rearers, and jibbers than all the rest of Europe, ..."
6. The Gentleman's Magazine (1868)
"... was the man to " take a coach through the country/' He took the horses as they
came, kickers or jibbers, and thanks to very fine hands and strong nerves ..."
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