brabble
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
verb
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- brabblement noun
- brabbler noun
Etymology
Origin of brabble
First recorded in 1490–1500, from Dutch brabbelen “to quarrel, jabber”
Example Sentences
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Women, for the most part, received this punishment for not controlling their “brabbling” tongues.
From Washington Post
Yon brabbling burn Makes mellower music in my Scottish ears.
From Project Gutenberg
From the Spanish comes the proverb, “A great dowry is a bed full of brabbles.”
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Other whites take part in our brabbles, while temper holds out, with a certain schoolboy entertainment.
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Ralegh explained that a brabbling matter with the Spanish Ambassador was taking him to Tilbury to embark for the Low Countries.
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