Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who dibbles, or an instrument for dibbling.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, dibbles, or makes holes in the ground for seed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small Australian
marsupial of the genus Parantechinus (Parantechinus apicalis), somewhat reminiscent of amouse . - noun A
dibble (device for making holes in which to plant seeds). - noun A person who uses a
dibble .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Other conservation projects in Southwest Australia include community-based recovery programs for the threatened Carnaby's black-cockatoo, western ground parrot (Pezoporus wallicus flaviventris), noisy scrub-bird, malleefowl (Leipoa ocellata) and the marsupial 'mouse' known as the dibbler (Parentechinus apicalis).
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Bloomfield hopes that Isaac will gain such support for his invention of an improved pea/potato dibbler.
Letter 227 2009
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[1] Refers to Isaac's attempt to perfect a mechanical dibbler; Mr
Letter 260 2009
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GvlGeologist, FCD replied to comment from franz dibbler
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You will never turn magistrate nor bean - dibbler, nor make yourself of use in the country, and therefore why should you not live where you like to live best?
Letters of Edward FitzGerald in two volumes, Vol. 1 Edward FitzGerald 1846
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Mansukhbhai has also developed a seed-cum fertiliser dibbler.
rediff.com 2010
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: Sorry, Afternoon Isaac hunt, dibbler, kermit and Retryboy … ….
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Sorry, Afternoon Isaac hunt, dibbler, kermit and Retryboy … ….
CaughtOffside.com 2009
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Not sure what he’d do if genuine martyrdom would advance the evangelical goal. franz dibbler
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The said Sully, a barracker associated with tinkers, the blackhand, Shovellyvans, wreuter of annoyimgmost letters and skirriless ballets in Parsee Franch who is Magrath’s thug and smells cheaply of Power’s spirits, like a deepsea dibbler, and he is not fit enough to throw guts down to a bear.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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