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Meaning of garboil | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bɔɪl

Definitions

Disorder; uproar.

archaic, countable, uncountable

Examples

“With greate vproares & garboile shal there bee arisinges of nacion against nacion & royalme against royalme.”
“She’s dead, my queen: Look here, and at thy sovereign leisure read The garboils she awaked; at the last, best: See when and where she died.”
“M. d’Espagne could not forgive the Earl the death of his friend Sir Simon Burley: that was what began the garboil!”

CEFR level

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Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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