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pribbles and prabbles

pribbles and prabbles noun: ramblings; nonsense.

Noun

pribbles and prabbles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Ramblings; nonsense.
    • Euan. And giuen to Fornications, and to Tauernes, and Sacke, and Wine, and Metheglins, and to drinkings and ſwearings, and ſtarings? Pribles and prables?
      Fal. Well, I am your Theame: you haue the ſtart of me, I am deiected.c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

Questions about pribbles and prabbles

What does pribbles and prabbles mean?
Pribbles and prabbles means ramblings; nonsense.
What part of speech is pribbles and prabbles?
Pribbles and prabbles is a noun.

Words near pribbles and prabbles in the dictionary

  1. priar
  2. priars
  3. Priban
  4. Pribble
  5. Pribbles
  6. pribbles and prabbles
  7. Pribilof fox
  8. Pribilof foxes
  9. Pribilof Islands
  10. Pribina
  11. Pribislavec

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