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gebbie Sc.|ˈgɛbɪ, ˈgɪbɪ| Also 8 gabbie. [Origin obscure: the pronunciation is against a connexion with gab. Cf. Gael. giaban gizzard.] The crop of a fowl; transf. the human stomach.
a1774Fergusson Poems (1814) II. 15 She round the ingle wi' her gimmers sits, Crammin their gabbies wi' her nicest bits. 1843A. Bethune Sc. Fireside Stor. 76 When your heads are filled wi' the horrors, your gebbies wi' wind, and your pouches wi' naething. |