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dingbats

British  
/ ˈdɪŋˌbæts /

plural noun

  1. slang delirium tremens

  2. informal to make someone nervous

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. informal crazy or stupid

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The verse dialogues and débats, which both troubadours and trouvères had favoured, were in themselves incompletely dramatic.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

His poems are chiefly occasional verse, letters, débats, etc., besides ballades and rondeaux of all kinds.

From A Short History of French Literature by Saintsbury, George

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