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Famble vs Fambly - What's the difference?

famble | fambly |

As nouns the difference between famble and fambly

is that famble is (obsolete|slang) a hand while fambly is (dialect) family.

As a verb famble

is (obsolete) to stammer.

famble

English

Etymology 1

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete, slang) A hand.
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • We clap our fambles .
  • * Georgette Heyer, The Quiet Gentleman
    • A Bow Street Runner says "I knew a cove as talked the way you do – leastways, in the way of business I knew him! In fact, you remind me of him very strong He was on the dub-lay, and very clever with his fambles . He ended up in the Whit, o’ course."

    Etymology 2

    (etyl) falmelen

    Verb

    (fambl)
  • (obsolete) To stammer.
    • (Nares)
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    fambly

    English

    Noun

    (famblies)
  • (dialect) Family.
  • * 1905 , Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Colonel's Dream
    • Lawd, no, suh, de fambly did n' die out — 'deed dey did n' die out! dey ain't de kind er fambly ter die out! But it's mos' as bad, suh — dey's moved away.
  • * 1915 , Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Old Judge Priest
    • But there's a right smart chance of middle-aged famblies and even a few toler'ble new famblies in this here community.