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flibbets

flibbets noun: splinters or match-wood - fragments.

Noun

flibbets (uncountable)

  1. Splinters or match-wood - fragments
    • Just then the mare ran slap against a whackin' great big stone;
      Her kicked the trap to flibbets and her trotted off alone.1912, C. John Trythall, Tavistock Goosey Fair, Roud 10683

Questions about flibbets

What does flibbets mean?
Flibbets means splinters or match-wood - fragments.
What part of speech is flibbets?
Flibbets is a noun.

Words near flibbets in the dictionary

  1. flibbertigibbet
  2. flibbertigibbets
  3. flibbertigibbety
  4. flibberty-gibbet
  5. flibberty-gibbets
  6. flibbets
  7. flibustier
  8. flibustiers
  9. flic
  10. flic-flac
  11. flic-flacs

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