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 • Mar. 2, 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

I love the house wherein I played, The yard o'erspread by maple's shade, The nearby babbling brook; The fields o'er which my youthful feet Sped onward toward the trout's retreat, With dangling line and hook.

From Our Profession and Other Poems by Barhite, Jared