Famble

//ˈfæmbəl// noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A hand. obsolete, slang

    "We clap our fambles."

Verb
  1. 1
    To stammer. obsolete

    "“Stow that, Jem, if you please, ” said Gemman Joe, as he had been called by his comrade.— "Toggery is too apt to tell tales. I won't have a rag of it fambled. It's a prime job for us already, for we are to touch. five-and-twenty guineas a-piece, you know, for doing his business, and we don't get such a grab as that every day.""

Etymology

Etymology 1

Possibly related to fumble.

Etymology 2

From Middle English falmelen.

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