babbling brook
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of babbling brook
rhyming slang
Example Sentences
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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
“It takes me to a different place. I envision birds and a babbling brook, and Cupid zipping from cloud to cloud,” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 15, 2023
When Ouiser sees squirrels running up and down a tree or hears a babbling brook, her ears perk up, he said.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 10, 2021
I’ve swapped out babbling brook for Parisian summer, but that takes my POSat down to an 8.7.
From Slate ● Jun. 27, 2020
From no babbling brook," Demos exclaimed, "but from that deep spring which has been handed down to us from ages past.
From The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day by Clynton, Richard
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