flibbets

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Noun

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flibbets (uncountable)

  1. Splinters or match-wood - fragments
    • 1912, C. John Trythall, Tavistock Goosey Fair, Roud 10683:
      Just then the mare ran slap against a whackin' great big stone;
      Her kicked the trap to flibbets and her trotted off alone.
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