wimble-wamble, adv. and n. dial. or arch.
(ˈwɪmb(ə)lˈwɒmb(ə)l)
[Redupl. f. wamble n. and v.]
a. adv. (See quot.) b. n. ? The ‘general run’, the ordinary crowd.
| 1890 J. D. Robertson Gloss. Dial. & Archaic Wds. Glos. 179 Wimble-wamble, to go sort of, vb. to roll about in walking. 1937 H. G. Wells Star Begotten viii. 142 They will observe how they resemble each other and how they differ from the wimble-wamble of the common world. |