blubber
noun
the fat layer between the skin and muscle of whales and other cetaceans, from which oil is made.
blubberer
-
a word derived from
blubber.
Example Sentences
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“If you’re a blubberer, fine, but do it in the privacy of your own bathroom.”
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2012
If you were to hang around a courthouse, chances are you would see a good blubberer before you could say “Twenty to life.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 23, 2011
This baffles me — and I am an inveterable sniffler and blubberer at sad films.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 28, 2011
Tschaikowsky is correctly put down as a highly talented but essentially shallow fellow—a blubberer in the regalia of a philosopher.
From A Book of Prefaces by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken
But open those rabbit’s ears of thine and hark to me: I will give thee good counsel, for I wish thee well, blubberer.
From Flemish Legends by Charles de Coster
