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- noun Plural form of
drab .
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Examples
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Now when we have pizza and salad at home I always end up putting the leftover dribs and drabs of the salad and dressing on the remains of the pizza and crust ... so good!
Buttermilk dressing | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2009
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Created things receive no more than dribs and drabs of it.
William C. Chittick, Ph.D.: The Innate Beauty Of Human Nature Ph.D. William C. Chittick 2011
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One trader described recent hedge-fund activity in Greek bonds as coming in "dribs and drabs."
Markets Bet on Greek Debt Deal Tom Lauricella 2012
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None of these details cohere into a character; they're merely bits and drabs of information.
Michael Giltz: Theater: Under The Radar and Coil Warm Up January Michael Giltz 2012
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We are just now seeing on dribs and drabs of info about the Chilean wine industry because the first problem and immediate focus is on resuce and survival.
Chilean earthquake: wineries, barrels, bottles damaged or demolished | Dr Vino's wine blog 2010
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Bush had kept this claimed power obscured, letting it out in dribs and drabs of directed leaks, and hints and winks in public statements; but Obama has taken us beyond that, to the open declaration and institutional entrenchment of the principle of death without due process for citizens.
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The 47-year-old Mr. Croak says the product sold in dribs and drabs at first.
After the One-Hit Wonder Jeff May 2011
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Reading a lot of material in a short time in order to catch up, rather than in drips and drabs as it is produced, allows cross blog and media discussions to be more easily followed as a thought thread.
Political Beliefs and Self-Deception, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Bush had kept this claimed power obscured, letting it out in dribs and drabs of directed leaks, and hints and winks in public statements; but Obama has taken us beyond that, to the open declaration and institutional entrenchment of the principle of death without due process for citizens.
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Because vast amounts of information have to be translated, sifting the seized materials will take a long time and threat information will likely come out in dribs and drabs, counterterrorism officials said, predicting it would take weeks just to do a preliminary assessment of the material.
Al Qaeda Sought to Target U.S. Train Network Adam Entous 2011
slumry commented on the word drabs
Usually found with dribs. She had dribs and drabs of this and that.
July 3, 2007