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Meaning of chimblins | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Small fragments or crumbs produced by nibbling or gnawing; tiny pieces left after something has been chewed, crumbled, or worn away, especially as by mice or vermin.
    Midlands, archaic, dialectal, plural, plural-only
  2. (by extension, rare, family usage) Small scraps or morsels of food; leftover bits of meat or other fragments remaining after a meal.
    plural, plural-only, regional

Examples

“The mice have chimbled the cheese all to pieces, and left nothing but the chimblings”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Chimborazo Chimbote Chime chime whistle chime/strobe Chimed

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