drabble

drabble
/drab"euhl/, v.t., v.i., drabbled, drabbling.
to draggle; make or become wet and dirty.
[1350-1400; ME drabelen < MLG drabbeln to wade in liquid mud, bespatter, equiv. to drabbe liquid mud + -eln freq. v. suffix; see DRAB2, DRAFF]

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