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Definition of Fribbler
1. n. A trifler; a fribble.
Definition of Fribbler
1. Noun. One who trifles or behaves frivolously. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fribbler
1. one that fribbles [n -S] - See also: fribbles
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fribbler
Literary usage of Fribbler
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Social Life in the Reign of Queen Anne: Taken from Original Sources by John Ashton (1882)
"fribbler. I'll pledge you Mrs. Brisket; I have drunk eight already. Mrs. Brisket.
How do the Waters agree with your Ladyship ? Mrs. Woodly. ..."
2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches. a Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1887)
"Yes, I know it was, fribbler—I know it was, my poor old man ! but, let me tell
you, the fact of your having meant it for Slowman won't make it any the ..."
3. The Life of Benvenuto Cellini by Benvenuto Cellini (1920)
"He was an empty fribbler, who kept perpetually laughing about nothing at all.
Simpering and sniggering, then, he bade me drink a good cup of Greek wine, ..."
4. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1910)
"Now, just consider what a judicious doctor this was, after I had narrated an
occurrence of that gravity, to ask me such a question! He was an empty fribbler ..."
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