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Definition of Gabbled
1. gabble [v] - See also: gabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gabbled
Literary usage of Gabbled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Getting of Wisdom by Henry Handel Richardson (1910)
"Tossing off her clothes, she gabbled ardently through her own prayers, drew the
blankets up over her head, and pretended to be asleep. ..."
2. Emile Coué, the Man and His Work by Hugh Macnaghten (1922)
""It is passing," as M. Coue reminds us, must be gabbled because it is essential
that we should not allow the ambushed opposite thought, "It is not passing," ..."
3. All the Year Round by Charles Dickens (1873)
"It was gabbled over to me often enough when I was your age, and perhaps it's been
gabbled over to a good many more in the same case, ..."
4. Dissertations on Subjects Relating to the "Orthodox" Or "Eastern-Catholic by William Palmer (1853)
"... instead'of being read devoutly, gabbled over with heathenish rapidity, and
the Kanons or strings of hymns, instead of being sung, read or gabbled in the ..."
5. The Separation of the Methodists from the Church of England by Robert Leonard Tucker (1918)
"While they were undressing "he fell into violent agitations and gabbled ...
He went to hear a prophetess who leaned back in her chair and gabbled very much. ..."
6. All Adventure: Wanderer's Necklace by H. Rider Haggard (2001)
"The four with the split tongues gabbled in his ears. ... Thereon they all gabbled
again with their split tongues, till at length he understood and flushed ..."
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