babbling brook

British  

noun

1. slang a cook

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Etymology

Origin of babbling brook

rhyming slang

Example Sentences

“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

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

I’ve swapped out babbling brook for Parisian summer, but that takes my POSat down to an 8.7.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2020

I found the river on my own — more of a babbling brook in October — not far from the post office.

From Salon • Jul. 6, 2018

O seek among the birds and bees, And search among the buds; In babbling brook, in silver seas, Or in the raging floods.

From The Zankiwank and The Bletherwitch An Original Fantastic Fairy Extravaganza by Fitzgerald, S. J. Adair