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fribble

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frib·ble  (frbl)
v. frib·bled, frib·bling, frib·bles
v.tr.
To waste (time, for example); fritter (something) away.
v.intr.
To waste time; trifle.
n.
1. A frivolity; a trifle.
2. A frivolous person.

[Origin unknown.]

fribbler n.

fribble [ˈfrɪbəl]
vb
1. (tr) to fritter away; waste
2. (intr) to act frivolously; trifle
n
a wasteful or frivolous person or action
adj
frivolous; trifling
[of unknown origin]
fribbler  n


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An example: Fribble means you're a smooth operator who never loses your cool.
I opened my Larousse’s French-English/English-French Dictionary to discover that musarder means “to dawdle; to idle; to dilly-dally; to fribble away one’s time.
Others include fribble, ning-nong and gink, American slang for a fool.
 
 
 
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