ribby
1 Americanadjective
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of ribby1
First recorded in 1840–50; rib 1 + -y 1
Origin of ribby2
Formation based on the abbreviation RBI; see -y 2
Example Sentences
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The picture was taken in mountainlands high above Nice and the natives are still talking about the rueful old man who rode about on a ribby white horse which he insisted on flitting each day.
From Time Magazine Archive
They failed to recuperate, left natives with a large number of ribby carcasses on their hands.
From Time Magazine Archive
A woeful old knight was seen riding a ribby white horse as seedy as himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
He sees human forms hurrying past the cabin window, and there is reflected the yellow, wooden, ribby thing which he knows to be a life-preserver.
From David Lockwin—The People's Idol by McGovern, John
And he is so homely!—so scrawny, and ribby, and coarse-haired, and pitiful.
From Roughing It, Part 1. by Twain, Mark
Batting just .237, but with 10 home runs and 35 ribbies.
From New York Times ● Jul. 10, 2013
Just getting on base, letting them get those ribbies and whatnot, getting things going.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2012
Carter's 31 ribbies were one more than Barry Bonds, David Justice, Mark Grace, Andy Van Slyke and Howard Johnson had -- combined -- for the month.
From Time Magazine Archive
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