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Definition of Grabbles
1. grabble [v] - See also: grabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grabbles
Literary usage of Grabbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. More Mornings at Bow Street: A New Collection of Humorous and Entertaining by John Wight (1827)
"'Wet hay and sludge,' replied Mr. Miller—' and she grabbles up a double hantle
of slush, and slaps it right at me!' ' That was very wrong,' said his worship ..."
2. The Monthly Christian Spectator. 1851-1859 (1857)
"But to the mortification of the grabbles and ... Dissenting ' roughs,' as he
irreverently terms the ' grabbles ' of the churches. ' Well, now the vicar ? ..."
3. The native races of the Pacific states of North America by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1875)
"The blood spurts like a recoil into the bent face of the high priest, who grabbles,
grasps, tears out and flings the heart to the god. ..."
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