“curwhibble”的英文意思

单词

curwhibble

释义

curˈwhibble ? dial.
[app. connected with whybibble given by Forby as ‘a whimsey, idle fancy, silly scruple, etc.’ With the first syllable cf. curfuffle, and carwitchet, carriwitchet.]
? A whimsical or nonsensical contrivance; also attrib.
1842S. Lover Handy Andy x. 99 Don't the English catch their fish..with a long rough stick, and a little curwhibble of a bone at the end of it?1887H. Knollys Sk. Life Japan 114 Workmen..laboriously cutting, with little, clumsy, cur⁓wibble hooks, the crop, handful by handful.

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