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fambling

fambling is the present participle and gerund of famble.

Meaning of famble

Verb

famble (third-person singular simple present fambles, present participle fambling, simple past and past participle fambled)

  1. (obsolete) To stammer.
    • “Stow that, Jem, if you please, ” said Gemman Joe, as he had been called by his comrade.— "Toggery is too apt to tell tales. I won't have a rag of it fambled. It's a prime job for us already, for we are to touch. five-and-twenty guineas a-piece, you know, for doing his business, and we don't get...1833, Horace Smith, Gale Middleton: A Story of the Present Day - Volume 1, page 149

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Questions about fambling

What is fambling the present participle and gerund of?
Fambling is the present participle and gerund of famble.

Words near fambling in the dictionary

  1. fambams
  2. famble
  3. fambled
  4. fambles
  5. famblies
  6. fambling
  7. fambly
  8. Fambridge
  9. Fambro
  10. Fambros
  11. Fambrough

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