"fubble" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfʌb.əl/ Forms: fubbles [plural]
Rhymes: -ʌbəl Etymology: Possibly from fumble. Head templates: {{en-noun}} fubble (plural fubbles)
  1. (slang, obsolete) A dud; a worthless thing. Tags: obsolete, slang
    Sense id: en-fubble-en-noun-VZwWXjBT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "Possibly from fumble.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fubbles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1720 October 17, The Director, number 5",
          "text": "While you are all in this Hurry, and if no Stop can be put to it, Destruction must follow; if a whole Nation will ruin themselves, who can prevent it: But is there no brave Fellow among you all now, to make a Stand for his Country? None that dare look behind them, and face this frightful Image of a falling Stock? Where are all the Millions that have been of late so lavishly subscrib'd to every Fubble!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A dud; a worthless thing."
      ],
      "id": "en-fubble-en-noun-VZwWXjBT",
      "links": [
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        [
          "worthless",
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        ],
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, obsolete) A dud; a worthless thing."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfʌb.əl/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ʌbəl"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fubble"
}
{
  "etymology_text": "Possibly from fumble.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "fubbles",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "name": "en-noun"
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        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English slang",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with obsolete senses",
        "English terms with quotations",
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        "Rhymes:English/ʌbəl/2 syllables"
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        {
          "ref": "1720 October 17, The Director, number 5",
          "text": "While you are all in this Hurry, and if no Stop can be put to it, Destruction must follow; if a whole Nation will ruin themselves, who can prevent it: But is there no brave Fellow among you all now, to make a Stand for his Country? None that dare look behind them, and face this frightful Image of a falling Stock? Where are all the Millions that have been of late so lavishly subscrib'd to every Fubble!",
          "type": "quotation"
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        "A dud; a worthless thing."
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          "worthless",
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        "(slang, obsolete) A dud; a worthless thing."
      ],
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        "obsolete",
        "slang"
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