curwhibblen.

Etymology: apparently connected with whybibble given by Forby as ‘a whimsey, idle fancy, silly scruple, etc.’ With the first syllable compare curfuffle n., and carwitchet , carriwitchet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈwhibble.

? dialect.

? A whimsical or nonsensical contrivance; also attributive.

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1842 S. 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?

1887 H. Knollys Sketches Life Japan 114 Workmen..laboriously cutting, with little, clumsy, cur~wibble hooks, the crop, handful by handful.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	curwhibble
释义	curwhibblen. Etymology: apparently connected with whybibble given by Forby as ‘a whimsey, idle fancy, silly scruple, etc.’ With the first syllable compare curfuffle n., and carwitchet , carriwitchet n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: curˈwhibble. ? dialect. ? A whimsical or nonsensical contrivance; also attributive. ΚΠ 1842 S. 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? 1887 H. Knollys Sketches Life Japan 114 Workmen..laboriously cutting, with little, clumsy, cur~wibble hooks, the crop, handful by handful. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1842
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