Meanings
nounStandard Habbie (usually uncountable, plural Standard Habbies)
plural Standard Habbies
- uncountableusuallyhuman sciencesA Scottish verse form with six-line stanzas rhyming AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines.
Synonyms: Burns stanza
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA Scottish verse form with six-line stanzas rhyming AAABAB, with tetrameter A lines and dimeter B lines.
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Origin
After the poet Habbie Simpson (1550-1620).
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APA
Standard Habbie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Standard%20Habbie
MLA
“Standard Habbie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Standard%20Habbie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Standard Habbie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Standard%20Habbie.
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