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One not taking serious interest in line penned by storyteller? Recalled it beside the gallows
Answer for the clue "One not taking serious interest in line penned by storyteller? Recalled it beside the gallows ", 15 letters:
flibbertigibbet
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flibbertigibbet \Flib"ber*ti*gib`bet\, n. An imp. --Shak.
WordNet
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n. a female fool [syn: foolish woman ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Flibbertigibbet is a Middle English word referring to a flighty or whimsical person, usually a young woman. In modern use, it is used as a slang term, especially in Yorkshire , for a gossipy or overly talkative person.
Usage examples of flibbertigibbet.
She had been a flirt and a bit of a flibbertigibbet right up until she was twenty three.
Instead of flitting about the countryside like a flibbertigibbet, you should remember the greatest calling a woman can have.
Winken, Blinken, Tod, and Nod paired up and begat eight further moldies: Stanky, Panky, Grogan, Flibbertigibbet, Dik, Dawna, Nerf, and Moana.
My Flibbertigibbet is too much for me at times, and I had to walk off my temper.
He shut himself in his room like some venomous kobold or flibbertigibbet, whining, complaining, cursing, accusing.
Onofre himself liked to tell the story when he had an audience of children and other gullible creatures who believed in werewolves, flibbertigibbets, and miracles.