Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A dialectal (Scotch) form of
stubble .
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Examples
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'Ah, you have no ambition!' sneered the other; 'besides, "the rustic stibble-field" is your proper sphere -- it is not mine!'
Parables from Flowers Gertrude P. Dyer
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'Our stibble-rig was Rab M'Graen, [chief harvester]
Robert Burns How To Know Him William Allan Neilson 1907
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That wee bit heap o 'leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
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That wee bit heap o 'leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee monie a weary nibble!
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