† swibber-swilln.
Obsolete. rare.
(The first element is a variant of or error for slibber in slibber-sauce n.)
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1546 J. Bale First Examinacyon A. Askewe 37 God was not wyse ynough in settynge the order therof [sc. of the Scriptures], but they must adde therunto their swybber swylle.
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n.1546- to have the screaming meemies
- to have the second best
- to have the sense to
- to have the sense to do something
- to have the short end of the stick
- to have the skin off a person's back
- to have the slows
- to have the snip
- to have the speed of
- to have the spike
- to have the staff in one's own hand
- to have the staggers
- to have the start
- to have the start of
- to have the sun in one's eyes
- to have the sun shine through
- to have the swap
- to have the technicolor yawn
- to have the teeth cold
- to have the tenace
- to have the time
- to have the use of
- to have the victory
- to have the virtues of one's defects
- to have the vote