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Definition of Ribbers
1. ribber [n] - See also: ribber
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ribbers
Literary usage of Ribbers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1890)
"ribbers (pugilistic), blows in the ribs. Yet, sprightly to the scratch both
buffers came, While ribbers rung from each resounding frame. ..."
2. Mysteries and Miseries of America's Great Cities: Embracing New York by James William Buel (1883)
"Woe to de Ian' wid wings, which is beyond de ribbers ob Ethiopia: "'2. Dat sendeth
ambassadors by de sea, eben in vessels ob ..."
3. Key to the Progressive Arithmetics, Books II, III, and Complete by William James Milne (1907)
"If J of 48, or 12, ribbers could make 810 doz. of sizes 4 or 4J in 6 da., ...
If i of 48, or 24, ribbers could make 1392 doz. of sizes 5 or 5^ in 6 da., ..."
4. The Century (1902)
"I cross de valley, I cross de ribbers, an' I cross de creeks, I come down de
slants inter Georgia, an' I laid dat boy on de front porch ..."
5. Punch by Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Shirley Brooks, Francis Cowley Burnand, Owen Seaman (1854)
"At Petersburg de weather cold, Most part ob de year de ribbers froze, De Czar no
like de frost and snow, And wind dat nip him ugly face ; And so to war wid ..."
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