waben.
/weɪb/ A factitious word introduced by ‘Lewis Carroll’ (see quot. 18552).
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1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 139 The slythy toves Did gyre and gymble in the wabe.
1855 ‘L. Carroll’ Rectory Umbrella & Mischmasch (1932) 140 Wabe, (derived from the verb to swab or soak). ‘The side of a hill’ (from its being soaked by the rain).
1871 ‘L. Carroll’ Through Looking-glass i. 24 The slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1855- to have one's eye well in
- to have one's eyeball on
- to have one's eyes in
- to have one's eyes on the prize
- to have one's eyes well in
- to have one's eyeteeth
- to have one's eyeteeth about one
- to have one's face made of a fiddle
- to have one's fair share
- to have one's feet loose
- to have one's feet on the ground
- to have one's fere
- to have one's finger on the pulse
- to have one's fingers burnt
- to have one's fingers crossed
- to have one's fingers in the till
- to have one's fingers on the pulse
- to have one's fling
- to have one's foot on native heath
- to have one's foot on one's native heath
- to have one's forth
- to have one's garret unfurnished
- to have one's guts about one's ears
- to have one's hand in
- to have one's hand in the till