单词 | pribble |
释义 | ˈpribble Weakened echo of prabble, used along with it in the phr. pribble and prabble, and the reduplicated pribble-prabble = Petty disputation, paltry discussion, vain chatter.
1598Shakes. Merry W. i. i. 56 It were a goot motion, if we leaue our pribbles and prabbles, and desire a marriage betweene Master Abraham, and Mistris Anne Page. 1615Val. Welshm. (1663) B iij, Cousin Caradoc, well, in all these pribble-prabbles, how doth our Uncle Cadallan? 1769Stratford Jubilee ii. i. 29 Without any balderdash pribble⁓prabble. 1824S. E. Ferrier Inher. xiv, Miss P.'s pribble prabble was, therefore, music to her ear. 1855Thackeray Newcomes ii, All these squabbles and jokes, and pribbles and prabbles,..may be omitted. |

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