Drabble

UK: /ˈdræb^əl/ US: 'Drabble', 'drabble': (drab′əl)

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Drabble / ˈdræb^əl/ noun

1. Dame Margaret. born 1939, British novelist and editor. Her novels include The Needle's Eye (1972), The Radiant Way (1987), and The Seven Sisters (2002). She edited the 1985 and 2000 editions of the Oxford Companion to English Literature

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drab•ble  (drab′əl), v.t., v.i., -bled, -bling. 

1. to draggle;
   make or become wet and dirty.

• Middle Low German drabbeln to wade in liquid mud, bespatter, equivalent. to drabbe liquid mud + -eln frequentative verb, verbal suffix; see drab², draff
• Middle English drabelen 1350–1400

Drab•ble  (drab′əl), n. 

1. Margaret, born 1939, English novelist.