Lexicographical Neighbors of Jibbings
Literary usage of Jibbings
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Letters of Thomas Carlyle, 1826-1836 by Thomas Carlyle (1889)
"... (jibbings) for tea, though we are still in terrible want of a cheeseboard,
and by the blessing of Heaven shall get one to-morrow afternoon. ..."
2. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi by Carlo Gozzi, John Addington Symonds (1890)
"It was useless to plead timidity, or to shrink from the snortings and jibbings
of some half-broken beast he wanted us to back. ..."
3. Twelve Hundred Miles in a Waggon by Alice Blanche Balfour (1895)
"... village of Boo-boo- boo—a name which promised much—but we were only able to
get to the first of the plantations, owing to the usual jibbings every half ..."
4. Scotch Banks and System of Issue: Including Translation of "Les Banques D by Robert Somers (1873)
"These were but the halts and jibbings of a steed yet unused to its traces; Both
bankers and people had to be educated to the proper use of banknotes, ..."
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