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Meaning of namby | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

Clipping of namby-pamby.

abbreviation, alt-of, clipping

Examples

““You guys are a pack of nambies.” (Raucous protests from the team.)”

“And, also, they could stuff their real tennis and pall-mall as I abhorred them both! They were games for 'nambies', as I called the children who attended schools like Compton Wynyates.”

CEFR level

B1

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

See also

namby-pambiness namby-pamby namby-pambyism namby-pambyness Namcha Barwa Namchi