gibble-gabble
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
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Etymology
Origin of gibble-gabble
First recorded in 1590–1600; gradational compound from gabble
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I hate a gibble-gabble and a rimble-ramble talk.
From Gargantua and Pantagruel, Illustrated, Book 4 by Peter Anthony Motteux
So they went to Paris, and soon Paquin's gibble-gabbling demoiselles were busy sewing cloudy blues and faint mauves to save Nancy from quarrelling with Aldo two months afterwards.
From The Devourers by Annie Vivanti Chartres
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