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quiblin
† ˈquiblin Obs. [f. quib or quibble; cf. quibbling.] A pun or quibble; a trick.1605 Chapman, etc. Eastw. Hoe iii. i, 'Tis a trick rampant; 'tis a very quiblin. 1610 B. Jonson Alch. iv. vii, This is some trick; Come, leave your quiblins, Dorothee. 1614 ― Barth. Fair i. i, When a quirk, or a quiblin d... Oxford English Dictionary
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whiblin
† whiblin Obs. Of doubtful origin and meaning; perh. a slang term denoting ‘thingumbob’, ‘what-d'ye-call-it’; but cf. whibble and quiblin. With quot. 1604 cf. whifling, whimling.1604 Dekker Honest Wh. i. i. ii, Hees a very mandrake, or else..one a these whiblins, and thats worse, and then all the ch... Oxford English Dictionary
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quib
▪ I. † quib, n. Obs. Also 6 -be, 7 -bbe. [App. ad. (orig. in pl.) L. quibus, dat. or abl. pl. of quī ‘who, which’, as a word of frequent occurrence in legal documents and hence associated with the ‘quirks and quillets’ of the law. For other allusive uses of the L. word, cf. F. quibus money, cash; Du... Oxford English Dictionary
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