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slabber
[ slab-er ]
/ ˈslæb ər /
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verb (used with or without object), noun
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skywrite, skywriting, SL, SLA, slab, slabber, slabbery, slab dashing, slab plastering, slab-sided, slab top
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How to use slabber in a sentence
In modern French bave means "drivel," "slabbering," and the verb baver "to slabber," but the bib is now called bavette.
Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1|The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.Dana, speaking of the language of the Californian Indians, described it as "brutish" and "a complete slabber."
A Truthful Woman in Southern California|Kate SanbornThe large solid cake is cut with wires by hand or by a slabber into slabs of any desired size.
Soap-Making Manual|E. G. Thomssen
British Dictionary definitions for slabber
Word Origin for slabber
C16: variant of slobber
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