rabble
1a disorderly crowd; mob.
the rabble, the lower classes; the common people: The nobility held the rabble in complete contempt.
to beset as a rabble does; mob.
Origin of rabble
1Other definitions for rabble (2 of 2)
a tool or mechanically operated device used for stirring or mixing a charge in a roasting furnace.
to stir (a charge) in a roasting furnace.
Origin of rabble
2Other words from rabble
- rabbler, noun
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How to use rabble in a sentence
Half naked, soot-smeared fellows fight the furnace hearths with hooks, rabbles and paddles.
The Iron Puddler | James J. DavisA Scotch rabble is the lowest and meanest of all rabbles, at such work as this.
A History of the Gipsies | Walter SimsonSlaves swelled the useless rabbles of the cities, and devoured the revenues of the State.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume III | John LordAnd had he begun to build his castles to stun and overawe the rabbles that pass his door?
The Root of Evil | Thomas Dixon
British Dictionary definitions for rabble (1 of 2)
/ (ˈræbəl) /
a disorderly crowd; mob
the rabble derogatory the common people
Origin of rabble
1British Dictionary definitions for rabble (2 of 2)
/ (ˈræbəl) /
Also called: rabbler an iron tool or mechanical device for stirring, mixing, or skimming a molten charge in a roasting furnace
(tr) to stir, mix, or skim (the molten charge) in a roasting furnace
Origin of rabble
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