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DRABBLE

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drab⋅ble

  [drab-uhl]
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–verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -bled, -bling.
to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME drabelen < MLG drabbeln to wade in liquid mud, bespatter, equiv. to drabbe liquid mud + -eln freq. v. suffix; see drab 2 , draff

Drab⋅ble

  [drab-uhl]
–noun
Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.
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drab·ble   (drāb'əl)   
tr. & intr.v.   drab·bled, drab·bling, drab·bles
To make or become wet and soiled by dragging; draggle.

[Middle English drabelen.]
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