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单词 ribble-row
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ribble-rown.

Origin: Apparently a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymons: ribble-rabble n., row n.1
Etymology: Apparently an alteration of ribble-rabble n., apparently with substitution of row n.1 for the second element, although the motivation for this is unclear; perhaps compare later rigmarole n.
Obsolete.
A rigmarole. Cf. ribble-rabble n. 1.
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the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > absence of meaning > nonsense, rubbish > unintelligible language, gibberish > [noun] > instance of
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1665 C. Cotton Scarronnides 111 This Witch a ribble-row rehearses, Of scurvy names in scurvy verses.
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxiv. 222 They have already deaf'd you with a long ribble-row of Laws, but understand nothing of the case in hand.
1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. i. xxxix. 458 Superscribing them with a long Ribble-row of Qualities, and Titles.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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