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drabble
[ drab-uhl ]
/ ˈdræb əl /
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verb (used with or without object), drab·bled, drab·bling.
to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.
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Other definitions for drabble (2 of 2)
Drabble
[ drab-uhl ]
/ ˈdræb əl /
noun
Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
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British Dictionary definitions for drabble (1 of 2)
drabble
/ (ˈdræbəl) /
verb
to make or become wet or dirty
Word Origin for drabble
C14: from Low German drabbelen to paddle in mud; related to drab ²
British Dictionary definitions for drabble (2 of 2)
Drabble
/ (ˈdræbəl) /
noun
Dame Margaret. born 1939, British novelist and editor. Her novels include The Needle's Eye (1972), The Radiant Way (1987), and The Seven Sisters (2002). She edited the 1985 edition of the Oxford Companion to Literature
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