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cabbi labbi

nounpeople

noisy jumble of overlapping voices

a noisy jumble of voices produced when several people talk at the same time

Example in use

Da hoose was fu' o' cabbi labbi.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/KAB-ee LAB-ee/

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Origin & context

scotsolderneutral

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