Word of the Day: CABOBBLE

ETYMOLOGY
– from French accabler (to confound, to overwhelm)

EXAMPLE
“…Why you ‘olly cabobble me…”

(Note: ‘olly = wholly)

From: Suffolk Words and Phrases;
Or, An Attempt to Collect The Lingual Localisms of that County
By Edward Moor, 1823

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