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Definition of Scrabbles
1. scrabble [v] - See also: scrabble
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scrabbles
Literary usage of Scrabbles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Mind in Evolution by Leonard Trelawney Hobhouse (1901)
"scrabbles and pulls more or less in right direction, ... We return again to bolt,
which he pulls out better, but he scrabbles so hard at door that it breaks ..."
2. How We Think by John Dewey (1910)
"In the same way Jack [a dog] scrabbles and jumps, the kitten wanders and picks,
the otter slips about everywhere like ground lightning, the elephant fumbles ..."
3. How We Think by John Dewey (1910)
"In the same way Jack [a dog] scrabbles and jumps, the kitten wanders and picks,
the otter slips about everywhere like ground lightning, the elephant fumbles ..."
4. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1878)
"... papa takes medicine for the cold that makes such a ringing in his head, and
Bridget sets a trap to catch the mouse that " squales and scrabbles about so ..."
5. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Suppose he is quite non-plussed, never heard of such symptoms before, goes home,
scrabbles through the standard medical works to learn how to tell symptoms ..."
6. A History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne by Adolphus William Ward (1899)
"... his civility to other people3'; and 'the very scribble-scrabbles of the city,"
we learn elsewhere,' have got into the way of despising their wives *. ..."
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