babbling brook

noun

1. slang.
   a cook

Word History and Origins

Origin of babbling brook¹

rhyming slang

Example Sentences

There was no babbling brook in the background—just the sound of New York traffic.

From The Daily Beast

Then he saw a little blue flower, shaped just like a bell, hanging on a stem over a small babbling brook of water.

From Project Gutenberg

Is the stream going steadily on, or is it rather like a babbling brook, making a pleasant murmur but with little power?

From Project Gutenberg

In the distance the little babbling brook sung to her of peace and rest beneath its curling, limpid waters.

From Project Gutenberg

Grand free open-air lunch under the spreading sycamores and by the babbling brook.

From Project Gutenberg

Skip across this little temporary bridge over this babbling brook and now—climb!

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