drabble
to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.
Origin of drabble
1Other definitions for Drabble (2 of 2)
Dame Margaret, born 1939, English novelist, short-story writer, and biographer (sister of A. S. Byatt ).
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How to use drabble in a sentence
Margaret drabble's new memoir, The Pattern in the Carpet , has just been published.
The novelist and critic, Margaret drabble rescues Bennett this week from the worst of the charges against him.
British Dictionary definitions for drabble (1 of 2)
/ (ˈdræbəl) /
to make or become wet or dirty
Origin of drabble
1British Dictionary definitions for Drabble (2 of 2)
/ (ˈdræbəl) /
Dame Margaret. born 1939, British novelist and editor. Her novels include The Needle's Eye (1972), The Radiant Way (1987), and The Seven Sisters (2002). She edited the 1985 edition of the Oxford Companion to Literature
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