Famble
Famble
Fam"ble\, v. i. [OE. falmelen; cf. SW. famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, falter, hesitate, Icel. f[=a]lma to grope. Cf. Famble.] To stammer. [Obs.] --Nares.Webster's Revised
Famble
Fam"ble\, n. [Cf. Famble, v.] A hand. [Slang & Obs.] "We clap our fambles." --Beau. & Fl.
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Famble
is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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