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babbling brook

British  

noun

  1. slang a cook

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of babbling brook

rhyming slang


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The big vistas gradually gave way to a sunny cruise alongside a babbling brook.

From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023

Block the sonic intrusions out with soothing sounds ranging from a babbling brook to rumbling clothing dryers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2021

I learned quickly that this was not going to come together in the half hour that old Bob Ross took to create one of his babbling brook masterpieces.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 18, 2020

They help me sleep—blackout mode plus a sonic cocktail of white noise, babbling brook, and a dash of snoozy piano jams.

From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020

The cultured ear will find harmony in forest and field, melody in the babbling brook, and untold pleasure in all Nature's songs.

From Pushing to the Front by Orison Swett Marden

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