babbling brook

British  

noun

1. slang a cook

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Etymology

Origin of babbling brook

rhyming slang

Example Sentences

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

From New York Times

“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

On “Lights Light Up,” from the forthcoming album “Big Picture,” the English singer-songwriter Fenne Lily’s smooth, arpeggiated guitar playing has the fluidity of a babbling brook, and her murmured vocals flow with a similar kind of serenity.

From New York Times

Maybe that's why he opened their 1990 interview with a babbling brook of bilge about how dishonest the press is.

From Salon

“This is not a community that we talk babbling brook with… They might not have any memory that’s safe,” said Sarah Howell, who runs a clinical practice and a nonprofit treating migrant survivors of torture in Houston.

From Seattle Times