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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BEEBLE, v. To blubber.Abd. 1911 The Saturday Club in Wkly. Free Press (4 March) 3/1:
She floppit intae a chair an' began tae beeble an' greet.

[A variant of Bubble. Cf. Peeble for pebble.]

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