babbling brook

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noun

Australian slang a cook

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Word Origin for babbling brook

rhyming slang

Words nearby babbling brook

Babbitt metal, Babbittry, babble, babbler, babbling, babbling brook, Babcock test, babe, Bab ed-Din, babe-in-a-cradle, babe in arms

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How to use babbling brook in a sentence

There was no babbling brook in the background—just the sound of New York traffic.
Wedding Bells at N.Y. City Hall|Jessica Bennett|July 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Then he saw a little blue flower, shaped just like a bell, hanging on a stem over a small babbling brook of water.
Uncle Wiggily's Travels|Howard R. Garis
Is the stream going steadily on, or is it rather like a babbling brook, making a pleasant murmur but with little power?
Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912|Various
In the distance the little babbling brook sung to her of peace and rest beneath its curling, limpid waters.
Daisy Brooks|Laura Jean Libbey

Grand free open-air lunch under the spreading sycamores and by the babbling brook.
The Rules of the Game|Stewart Edward White
Skip across this little temporary bridge over this babbling brook and now—climb!
The Johnstown Horror|James Herbert Walker