dibble

Example Sentences

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“Mizzle” and “dibble” and “smirr” and all those other regional words for precipitation have a gloriously humdrum quality.

From New York Times

You now need — as the British call it — a “dibble,” a tool you can buy or make by putting a point on a half-inch dowel.

From Washington Times

“I’ve seen the body cams be upgraded. I’ve seen the police policies as far as training be replaced. But that’s not enough for me, to do a dibble and a dabble,” Rice said.

From The Guardian

He picked up an orange metal bar known as a dibble, made a small hole in the bare, orange dirt and put the tree in.

From Washington Post

"Working with Shaggy gives it that extra edge. He's an authentic reggae dancehall superstar. I dabble and I dibble, but that was the common ground we had."

From BBC