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skimble-scamble

skimble-scamble is the alternative spelling of skimble-skamble.

Meaning of skimble-skamble

Adjective

skimble-skamble (not comparable)

  1. Confused, chaotic, disorderly, senseless.
    • [S]ometime he angers me / With telling me of the Mouldwarp and the Ant, / Of the dreamer Merlin and his prophecies, / And of a Dragon and a finles fiſh, / A clipwingd Griffin and a molten rauen, / A couching Leon and a ramping Cat, / And ſuch a deale of skimble ſcamble ſtuffe / As puts me from my...c. 1597 (date written), [William Shakespeare], The History of Henrie the Fourth; […], quarto edition, London: […] P[eter] S[hort] for Andrew Wise, […], published 1598, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]

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Questions about skimble-scamble

What is skimble-scamble the alternative spelling of?
Skimble-scamble is the alternative spelling of skimble-skamble.

Words near skimble-scamble in the dictionary

  1. skim-read
  2. skim-reading
  3. skim-reads
  4. skimback
  5. skimbacks
  6. skimble-scamble
  7. skimble-skamble
  8. skimboard
  9. skimboarded
  10. skimboarder
  11. skimboarders

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