† squimble-squambleadv.
Obsolete.
= skimble-skamble adv.
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pelly mellya1500
ribble-rabble?a1525
confusely1540
huddlea1555
confusedly1566
pell-mell1579
tag-rag1582
helter-skelter1593
promiscuously1593
pell-mell1596
confusively1599
mel-pella1600
promiscually1602
squimble-squamble1611
promiscuous1616
clutteringly1624
promiscously1635
perplexly1670
skimble-skamble1775
skimper-scamper1778
hodge-podge1848
hugger-mugger1880
rumble-jumble1887
muddledly1914
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Griffe graffe, by hooke or by crooke, squimble squamble, scamblingly, catch that catch may.
1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 5th Bk. Wks. xiv. 64 They all began to bestir their Claws, like a parcel of Fiddlers running a Division; and then fell to't, squimble squamble, catch that catch can.]
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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