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Definition of Drabbish
1. a. Somewhat drab in color.
2. a. Having the character of a drab or low wench.
Definition of Drabbish
1. Adjective. (archaic) Having the character of a drab or low wench. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Drabbish
1. drabby [adj] - See also: drabby
Lexicographical Neighbors of Drabbish
Literary usage of Drabbish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A pronouncing Gaelic dictionary: to which is prefixed a consise but most by Neil MacAlpine (1833)
"... a. drabbish, filthy. P, p, the thirteenth letter of the Gaelic alphabet, named
Beith-bhog, that is, soft В ; sounds like p in English ..."
2. Masters in Art: A Series of Illustrated Monographs (1908)
"In the original it is a drabbish gray, a slightly yellower gray than the dove-gray
on the wings of the parrot, whose head, on the contrary, ..."
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