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drabbler
English
Etymology
drabble +? -er
Noun
drabbler (plural drabblers)
- (nautical) A piece of canvas fastened by lacing to the bonnet of a sail, to give it a greater depth or more drop.
drabbler From the web:
drabble
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?d?æb?l/
- Rhymes: -æb?l
Etymology 1
From Middle English drabelan
Verb
drabble (third-person singular simple present drabbles, present participle drabbling, simple past and past participle drabbled)
- (transitive) To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud.
- (intransitive) To fish with a long line and rod.
- to drabble for barbels
Etymology 2
From a word game in Monty Python's Big Red Book in which the first player to write a novel wins; the UK Science Fiction fandom agreed that 100 words will suffice; not, as is sometimes stated, from the surname of the author Margaret Drabble.
Noun
drabble (plural drabbles)
- A short fictional story, typically in fan fiction, sometimes exactly 100 words long.
Usage notes
The "100 words" limit is the original meaning, although in practice (and drabble purists have denounced this extension), it frequently extends up to around 500 words, with a variety of limits used.
Synonyms
- flash fiction, flashfic, microfiction, short short story, spamfic, sudden fiction
Further reading
- An example of a German language drabble
See also
- “drabble” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- “drabble”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).
Anagrams
- barbled, dabbler, rabbled
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