wabbly
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- wabbliness noun
Example Sentences
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The air-currents made her a little wabbly—but wasn’t it fun, eavesdropping and caring not the least bit about manners!
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Unsuitable as is the full uniform for cavalry purposes to-day, it was worse in 1870, when our shoulders were decked with wabbly epaulets and our waists were draped with a silken sash that few men wore properly.
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"Which one?" asked Busyday in a wabbly tone.
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"There's no doubt of it," declared Elmer, with a reassuring nod, for he understood the nervous nature of the smaller boy, and in times past had made it his particular business to build up Jasper's courage and determination, always wabbly.
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An elaborate evening dress may call for a higher heel than the one worn on the street, but it will not excuse the wabbly spindle heels sold girls by many ruthless concerns.
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