- a variation of wobbly.
wabbly
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“And you consider it my duty as the luckless husband of your long-suffering sister, to lay the foundation for the wabbly, rattly ramshackle stairs your pet assortment of moonstruck admirers will build for you?”
From Eve to the Rescue by Dudley Gloyne Summers
So off he went, wabbly, wabbly, on his big yellow feet, and pretty soon he saw Granddaddy Bullfrog on his log.
From Little Jack Rabbit's Adventures by Harold S. Barbour
Chetty's arms swingin' wide, and his block rockin', and his breath comin' short, and his knees gettin' as wabbly as a new boy speakin' a piece.
From Side-stepping with Shorty by Sewell Ford
"Which one?" asked Busyday in a wabbly tone.
From Taking Chances by Clarence L. Cullen
A minute more and another foot appears on the other side, and the next I knew the whole shootin' match begins to rise, wabbly but sure, until he's lifted it almost to his knees.
From The House of Torchy by Arthur William Brown
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