drabs

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  • The formation dance team turned up in what Kitty particularised as dribs and drabs, but finally all arrived. —  PAGEANT OF MURDER - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 38
  • General Balck absolutely refused to send "Leibstandarte" into action in dribs and drabs, even if this meant the total loss of the 19th Panzer Division. —  Panzer Battles
  • Instead,' he said with scorn, 'they floated them in dribs and drabs - Cyprus, Miami, Glasgow. —  dummy 3
  • Kedrigern was hesitant to resort to a stronger silencing spell; in dribs and drabs, this stay was costing him more magic than he wanted to expend. —  F ;SF; - vol 103 issue 03 - September 2002
  • They let us go in dribs and drabs, me and my couple last. —  Paid and Loving Eyes - Lovejoy - Jonathan Gash
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