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Definition of Confabbed
1. confab [v] - See also: confab
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confabbed
Literary usage of Confabbed
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"The wrecks of "'49" stroll in; all drink; Sam White, the standing delegate from
that precinct, is cornered, confabbed, and "buzzed;" the other saloons ..."
2. The Lunnatic at Large by J. Storer Clouston (2001)
"He stuck his head in the window and they confabbed for a minute, and then he
turned to me and said, with the most magnificent air you ever saw, ..."
3. The Hudson: Three Centuries of History, Romance and Invention by Wallace Bruce (1907)
"Well," so runs Uncle Richard's story, "it took a long time to get matters settled;
they ' confabbed ' till after daybreak. Then Arnold started back to the ..."
4. Air Men O' War by Boyd Cable (1919)
"/The Flight Sergeants confabbed and compared notes then and sent half the mechanics
off to bed and set the other half to work again; and by 6 the machines ..."
5. Meade's Headquarters, 1863-1865: Letters of Colonel Theodore Lyman from the by Theodore Lyman (1922)
"Meantime I will not recklessly run against bullets. It isn't my style; not exactly.
Yesterday I rode about with the General, who confabbed with Wright, ..."
6. Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front by Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb (1915)
"Only, just before we finished with the meal, he got up and walked away a few
paces, and there two of his aides joined him and the three of them confabbed ..."
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