Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A choppy sea; a jabble. See
jabble .
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Examples
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Looking out, I saw that we were drifting into a "jobble" or tide-race, which seemed to drift obliquely into the shore.
Jim Davis John Masefield 1922
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Straits began, raised a curious "jobble," making the vessel behave in
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886
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For two days we were kept in suspense; but on the second night the gloom began to deepen, the wind to moan, and a very uncomfortable "jobble" of a sea got up.
The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886
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An 'Captain he've been round ter say they is still quite a jobble of a sea outside but he can make it fine, and he've steam up.
Sweetapple Cove George van Schaick
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Just as I replaced its stopper, we swept into the jobble; the lugger filled on one tack, and lay over, and the spray of a wave came over us.
Jim Davis John Masefield 1922
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There was what Billy called a "nasty jobble of a sea on," so that many difficulties met in the job they had in hand.
The Young Trawler 1859
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