10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DABBITY»
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Totally Weird and Wonderful Words
From Greek words meaning 'boat' and 'head.' tions for a mantelpiece, especially
china animals, souvenirs, etc. dactylioglyph. curwhibble [kur-whib-ble] a
thingamajig, a whatchamacallit. dabbity [dab-bit-ee] a Scottish word for little
ornaments ...
Dabbity Duck (G. I. Smith) F12.28. Col.ill. Thistledown S. sd.l/ Blackic Chi
Dagenham. The Book of: A History (O'Leary) sC4.156. 75ill. 3r.r. 30/ Dagenham
Pub. Libraries. Civic Centre. Dagenham. Essex Hist Dagger Before Me (O'Brine)
sCS ...
... Engines Atoms and Power Gramy's Wonderful Chair Gulliver's Travels Tabby's
Travels Green Wood Tales Stories from Anderson Stories from Grinnius The
Sleeping Beauty Dabbity Duck Bill The Budgie Peter the Puffin Willie Wiskers
Gaint ...
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A would-be saint: a novel
A dabbity of a man, with a beard not unlike the king's. Always wears a big black
hat, like Guy Fawkes. Must be very clever if he's been a professor and if he's
written books, but Miss Peden (Miss Peden was her colleague in the ladies'
outfitters) ...
... coffins, п., corn chaff. colter, v., pamper. curchie, п., curtsy. curdie, п., farthing.
curn, п., a graiп. curple, п., crupper. currieboram, п., crowd. cutty-cley, п., short
clay pipe. Dabbity, п., house ornament; picture transfer. dag, п., drizzle. daible,
225.
Dabbity Duck and Willie Whiskers, by Gregory Ian Smith (Blackie, is. 6d. each),
will be welcome to those beginning to read and write. Smug and Serena Pick
Cowslips and Smug and Serena Meet a Queen, by Alison Uttley (Heinemann, 3^.
Bill the Budgie. 6/ockf'e. 2s. Smith, Gregor Ian. Dabbity Duck. 6/ockie, 2s. Smith,
Gregor Ian. Peter the Puffin. Blockie. 2s. Smith. Gregor Ian. Willie Whiskers.
Bfockie. 2s. Spence, Eleanor. The Summer in Between. O.U.P. 10s id. Taylor,
Boswell.
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Exhibition Illustrative of Old Glasgow, 1894
... pictures representing animals and objects of every description, which, when
cut separate, were used in a lottery game played by children, and known as “
Dabbity,” hence the name. They seem always to have been printed in coloured
inks.
Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1896
GREGOR IAN SMITH NEW EDITIONS BILL THE BUDGIE Attractive new issues of
these popular books. Colour on every DABBITY DUCK page, with simple,
interesting stories for young children. Limp WILLIE WHISKERS piclure covers. 8"
x 7|".
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The Glasgow encyclopedia
... case notes, it supplies up-to-date company notes and, mindful of its long
history, it reminds its members (currently over 1,000) of the Chamber's eventful
past. lucky ones choosing the right page received a 'dabbity' while the unlucky
ones lost ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DABBITY»
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Shut Up, People Who Don't Watch Hockey
A common response to, “You should watch hockey; it's awesome,” is “DIBBITY DABBITY GUNS 'MURICA.” This is not a valid response. «SportsGrid, Oct 13»
