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- verb Present participle of
wabble . - noun The motion of something that wabbles.
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Examples
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'The dog returns to its vomit, and the sow returns to her mire/ And the burnt fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the fire.
Simon Jenkins: Why Is Britain Ramping Up Sanctions Against Iran? Simon Jenkins 2012
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Bâtard came nearer, the useless ear wabbling, the good ear cocked forward with devilish comprehension.
BÂTARD 2010
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'The dog returns to its vomit, and the sow returns to her mire/ And the burnt fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the fire.
Simon Jenkins: Why Is Britain Ramping Up Sanctions Against Iran? Simon Jenkins 2012
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And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
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With lines like "The dog returns to his vomit" and "The burnt fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the fire," it's very clear what this book is about.
The Trailer For Glenn Beck's New Book Is Just As Nuts As You'd Expect (VIDEO) 2010
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And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
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A moment the great hulk hesitated, staggering, then commenced her swift wabbling dive to the river.
"Power" by Harl Vincent, part 11 Johnny Pez 2010
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So: how to stop the finger of the West ‘wabbling back to the Fire’?
How to build the peace: the King of the Nation Builders reveals all 2006
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Usually they are led about by little watchers and attendants, and often there are small and active-looking creatures, small females usually, that I am inclined to think are a sort of wife to them; but some of the profounder scholars are altogether too great for locomotion, and are carried from place to place in a sort of sedan tub, wabbling jellies of knowledge that enlist my respectful astonishment.
First Men in the Moon Herbert George 2006
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And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;
Archive 2005-12-01 2005
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