slabber
Americanverb (used with or without object)
verb
Etymology
Origin of slabber
C16: variant of slobber
Example Sentences
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The large solid cake is cut with wires by hand or by a slabber into slabs of any desired size.
From Soap-Making Manual A Practical Handbook on the Raw Materials, Their Manipulation, Analysis and Control in the Modern Soap Plant. by Thomssen, E. G.
Then he was taken with a drauling, or slabbering at his mouth, which slabber sometimes would hang at his mouth well nigh half way down to the ground.
From Life and Death of Mr. Badman by Bunyan, John
Then he was taken with a drauling, or slabbering at his mouth, which slabber sometimes would hang at his mouth well nigh half-way down to the ground.
From Works of John Bunyan — Volume 03 by Bunyan, John
To DRABLE, DRAIBLE, v. a. to slabber; to befoul.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume XXIV. by Leighton, Alexander
You think you're in the country, where great lubberly brothers slabber and kiss one another when they meet, like a call of sergeants.
From The Way of the World by Congreve, William
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