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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
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BABBLE, adj. Half-witted. An unusual use of the Eng. word babble.Sc. 1835 H. Miller Scenes and Leg. xxix.:
Babble. . . . The word in Italics is a Scottish phrase applied to persons of an idiotical cast of mind.
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