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fribbles

fribbles is the plural of fribble.

Meaning of fribble

Noun

fribble (plural fribbles)

  1. A trifling action.
  2. A trifler.
  3. A frivolous, contemptible fellow; a fop.
    • The plot of the piece was quite a new one. A young woman was repreſented with a great number of ſuitors, ſelecting a pert fribble of a peer, in place of the hero; […]1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “A Paper out of The Spectator”, in The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. […] , volume III, London: […] Smith, Elder, & Company, […], →OCLC, page 68

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Questions about fribbles

What is fribbles the plural of?
Fribbles is the plural of fribble.

Words near fribbles in the dictionary

  1. fribbled
  2. fribbledom
  3. fribbleism
  4. fribbler
  5. fribblers
  6. fribbles
  7. fribbling
  8. fribblish
  9. fribby
  10. Friberg
  11. Fribergs

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