swabble

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  1. To sway; wabble. Swablynge or swaggynge. Prompt. Parv., p. 481.
  2. A tall, thin person. [Scots.]
  3. To squabble. Halliwell.

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  1. from Middle English swablen = German schwabbeln, roll to and fro, as liquids; drink often; cf. swab.
  2. from swabble, v.
  3. A dial. form of squabble.

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