brabble
Americanverb (used without object)
noun
verb
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Etymology
Origin of brabble
First recorded in 1490–1500, from Dutch brabbelen “to quarrel, jabber”
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But now Patricia confessed to a restless longing for the sight of city streets and the brabble of city noises.
From The Honorable Senator Sage-Brush by Lynde, Francis
Now by the Gods that warlike Gothes adore, This pretty brabble will vndoo vs all: Why Lords, and thinke you not how dangerous It is to set vpon a Princes right?
From Titus Andronicus by Shakespeare, William
But who'd have thought a burly lout like Morris Would join the brabble?
From Emblems Of Love by Abercrombie, Lascelles
Melantius, thou art welcome, and my love Is with thee still; but this is not a place To brabble in; Calianax, joyn hands.
From The Maids Tragedy by Fletcher, John
I like such a knave so can tickle them all, To set noblemen at brabble and brawl.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 6 by Hazlitt, William Carew
All week long in Berlin the desultory brabbling between the Western Powers and the Russians flared, faded, flared again.
From Time Magazine Archive
All their debates were pacified by him; he put an end to their brabbling suits at law and wrangling differences.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 3 by Motteux, Peter Anthony
Stop brabbling, fools; I would hear the Queen's mind. 1st Woman.
From Emblems Of Love by Abercrombie, Lascelles
Yon brabbling burn Makes mellower music in my Scottish ears.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 105, September 16th, 1893 by Various
Ralegh explained that a brabbling matter with the Spanish Ambassador was taking him to Tilbury to embark for the Low Countries.
From Sir Walter Ralegh A Biography by Stebbing, W. (William)
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