| 单词 | whiblin |
| 释义 | † whiblin Obs. Of doubtful origin and meaning; perh. a slang term denoting ‘thingumbob’, ‘what-d'ye-call-it’; but cf. whibble and quiblin. With quot. 1604 cf. whifling, whimling.
1604Dekker Honest Wh. i. i. ii, Hees a very mandrake, or else..one a these whiblins, and thats worse, and then all the children that he gets lawfully of your body sister, are bastards by a statute. 1613Marston Insat. C'tess ii. D j b, A rare whiblin, To be reueng'd, and yet gaine pleasure in't. 1623J. Taylor (Water P.) World runs on Wheels Wks. (1630) ii. 234/1 Proiects..of planting the Ile of Dogs with Whiblins, Corwhichets, Mushromes and Tobacco. a1652Brome Lovesick Court v. i, Come, Sir, let go your whiblin. (Dis. snatcheth his sword away.) |
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