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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of confab.

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Examples

  • Occasionally, Mr. Cumming confabbed with his co-judges Jesse Schenker , the culinary prodigy behind the restaurant Recette, Grant Shaffer , a graphic artist, and Lauren Nowell , the director of publicity for Rachael Ray.

    A Loft Where Salads Go Head to Head Mike Vilensky 2011

  • To Helen and back: At the star-studded The Night Before bash Saturday, Daniels confabbed with acting legend Helen Mirren, who starred in his 2005 drama Shadowboxer, which he directed.

    That's a wrap for Lee Daniels as countdown to Oscars ends 2010

  • The last time you confabbed with the Balm of Gilead, a country collapsed.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • The last time you confabbed with the Balm of Gilead, a country collapsed.

    Shadow Chase Seressia Glass 2010

  • And while the two men confabbed anew, she went to the bedroom and stood looking down at Richard.

    Ultima Thule 2003

  • But we confabbed the night before, and agreed it would probably be best if we headed out on our tour for the bighorn sheep experts early in the day, while it was cool.

    grouse Diary Entry grouse 2003

  • They confabbed for a while, and as Piddie comes out he's still explainin 'how he's sure he don't know, but most likely Mr. Robert understands all about it.

    Torchy, Private Sec. Sewell Ford 1907

  • He stuck his head in the window and they confabbed for a minute, and then he turned to me and said, with the most magnificent air you ever saw, like a chap buying a set of diamond studs, ` My friend here is a great personal friend of Dr Congleton, and it's a damned -- -- I mean it's an uncommonly delicate matter.

    The Lunatic At Large 1905

  • Mr. Percival was at home; and, without waiting to be announced, Ellery sprang up the stairs to the little sanctum where the two had confabbed on many a day.

    Jewel Weed Alice Ames Winter 1904

  • They walked round and round the ugly, ill-kept lawn; they walked under the beautiful trees, entwined their arms round each other's waists, and confabbed and confabbed.

    Girls of the Forest L. T. Meade 1884

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