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What (who) is Drabble - definition

Drabble contest; 55 Fiction

Drabble         
·vi To fish with a long line and rod; as, to drabble for barbels.
II. Drabble ·vt To Draggle; to wet and befoul by draggling; as, to drabble a gown or cloak.
drabble         
v. a.
[Archaic and provincial.] Draggle, trail, daggle, befoul, bemire.
drabble         
¦ verb archaic make wet and dirty in muddy water.
Origin
ME: from Low Ger. drabbelen 'paddle in water or mire'.

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Drabble

A drabble is a short work of fiction of precisely one hundred words in length. The purpose of the drabble is brevity, testing the author's ability to express interesting and meaningful ideas in a confined space.

Examples of use of Drabble
1. Richard Drabble, QC, argued that Miss Trzcinska was lawfully working in the UK.
2. "I remember the review Margaret Drabble wrote for the Times – I think it was the Times," she recollects.
3. Mr Drabble rejected the suggestion that A had become "his own jailer" and could have returned to Somalia voluntarily.
4. "If Brian wins this case," Mr Drabble said, "the new system will remain in place for everyone else.
5. Margaret Drabble Guantanamo is a reproach to us all but how long before the package holidays start?