Verb (used with object) : He fribbled away one opportunity after another. From Dictionary.com.
The entire argument was laughable because no argument can be taken seriously when the word "fribble" must be used so often. From Wordnik.com. [YesButNoButYes: Fribble, Frosty or Shake?] Reference
New Oxford American Dictionary tells me that "fribble" as a verb means to "part with lightly and wastefully; fritter.". From Wordnik.com. [So Many Books] Reference
Visage, and an awkward, unnatural Complaisance: He is fribble. From Wordnik.com. [John Adams diary 5, 26 May - 25 November 1760] Reference
Will, the faithless fribble, couldn't spare his Intended a glance either. From Wordnik.com. [The English Witch]
Dunciad; a war waged by genius upon the fool, the pedant, and the fribble. From Wordnik.com. [English literary criticism] Reference
“I have no desire to discuss my personal life with a fribble like you.”. From Wordnik.com. [The Seduction Of Sara]
“So you think me a mere fribble,” he remarked, even as he reached out and caught her arm. From Wordnik.com. [A Wicked Gentleman] Reference
They were seated at a Friendly's in Northampton and Becca's stomach was tight with the strawberry fribble. From Wordnik.com. [Briar Rose]
The queen had always held that it would be easier to turn the Thames than to stop Robert MacQuarrie from being a useless fribble. From Wordnik.com. [Much Ado About Marriage] Reference
Upon my soul, I think ROLAND the most empty-headed fribble, the most affected coxcomb, and the most conceited noodle in the whole world. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, November 28, 1891] Reference
I am now in possession of a marvelous word: fribble. From Wordnik.com. [So Many Books] Reference
People at home used to call me a cockney and a fribble. From Wordnik.com. [A Passionate Pilgrim] Reference
But even the logical fribble, even the logical jargonist, was bound to be exact. From Wordnik.com. [The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II)] Reference
Truft to my honour, and I'll not betray j No flatt'ring fribble mall my hand obtain. From Wordnik.com. [A collection of poems and fables] Reference
'You wretched fribble!' exclaims Macaulay; 'you shallow scorner of all that is noble!. From Wordnik.com. [Hours in a Library, Volume I. (of III.)] Reference
Lilly returned to her chair, lying back to fan her face with a lacy fribble of pocket handkerchief. From Wordnik.com. [Star-Dust] Reference
Bray, albeit he had abjured Dissent: but he felt his cloth insulted, and by this fribble of his own order. From Wordnik.com. [Hetty Wesley] Reference
His father, Frederick, Prince of Wales, a fool, a fribble and worse, died when George was twelve years old. From Wordnik.com. [The Political History of England - Vol. X. The History of England from the Accession of George III to the close of Pitt's first Administration] Reference
But I might say that she is in fulness a woman -- not a fribble, or one of those pick-me-up-and-carry-me women. From Wordnik.com. [War and the Weird] Reference
He had too much intellect to be a mere fribble, and had not the strong animal passions of the thorough debauchee. From Wordnik.com. [Alexander Pope English Men of Letters Series] Reference
Nor can such a person be a mere fribble; nor can any loose hanger-on of fashion imagine he may assume the character. From Wordnik.com. [The Fitz-Boodle Papers] Reference
What! would she put up with such a little fribble as that, when there is a man of intellect and taste who -- but I won't believe it. From Wordnik.com. [The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh] Reference
She would prove to him that she wasn’t a complete fribble of femininity. From Wordnik.com. [My Seduction] Reference
What! would she put up with such a little fribble as that, when there is a man of intellect and taste who — but I won’t believe it. From Wordnik.com. [Our Street] Reference
Ffluger fribble golorful frooble. From Wordnik.com. [And the winner is... - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
And incorrigible fribble, 347. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
Well, this Jules -- a wretched fribble. From Wordnik.com. [Selections from the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning] Reference
Chesterfield was no mere fribble or rake. From Wordnik.com. [English Literature and Society in the Eighteenth Century] Reference
Go fribble and dribble along on your way. From Wordnik.com. [The Admiral's Caravan] Reference
Than those that with the stars do fribble. From Wordnik.com. [Hudibras] Reference
Penny, just like any fribble about the Court. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Black Pennys A Novel] Reference
"I never heard such a fribble. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Gamble]
“How dares that fribble show his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Fables of Phædrus Literally translated into English prose with notes] Reference
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