drabble

[ drab-uh l ]

/ ˈdræb əl /

verb (used with or without object), drab·bled, drab·bling.

to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.

Nearby words

dr. t., dr. zhivago, draa, drab, drabbet, drabble, drabble, margaret, dracaena, drachm, drachma, drack

Origin of drabble

1350–1400; Middle English drabelen < Middle Low German drabbeln to wade in liquid mud, bespatter, equivalent to drabbe liquid mud + -eln frequentative v. suffix; see drab², draff

Definition for drabble (2 of 2)

Drabble

[ drab-uh l ]

/ ˈdræb əl /

noun

Margaret,born 1939, English novelist.

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Examples from the Web for drabble

There was a wall between Cleg and the Drabble, a wall with a place for your toes.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
He grew to hate his boots and his mended clothes, in his great desire to get at the Drabble.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The Drabble glanced at Cleg to make out if he meant to sell him to justice.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
The completeness of this threat might have intimidated the Drabble, but he was on the safe side of the wall, and only laughed.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

The Drabble had a reason, or at least an excuse, for being on the spot.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City|S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

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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