drabble
to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.
Origin of drabble
1Words Nearby drabble
Other definitions for Drabble (2 of 2)
Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
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How to use drabble in a sentence
Margaret drabble's new memoir, The Pattern in the Carpet , has just been published.
The novelist and critic, Margaret drabble rescues Bennett this week from the worst of the charges against him.
Miss Darrell had once begged very humbly that her cook Parker might take a lesson from her, but Mrs. drabble refused point-blank.
Uncle Max | Rosa Nouchette CareyThere was a drabble of dead leaves on the sidewalk which was of wood, and on the roadway which was of macadam and stiff mud.
Stories of a Western Town | Octave ThanetThere 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
After that the drabble, an it liked him, might steal all the collars in the Pleasance.
Cleg Kelly, Arab of the City | S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) CrockettThe 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)
/ (ˈdræbəl) /
to make or become wet or dirty
Origin of drabble
1British Dictionary definitions for Drabble (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdræbəl) /
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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