fambly

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noun

A family.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounfambly (plural famblies)

plural famblies

  1. dialectalA family.

    You don't want to mess with the fambly of Nick. Because Nick he is a fambly man.

    2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black
    2 more examples

    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.

    1905, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Colonel's Dream

    But there's a right smart chance of middle-aged famblies and even a few toler'ble new famblies in this here community.

    1915, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Old Judge Priest

Origin

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APA

fambly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fambly

MLA

“fambly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fambly. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fambly,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fambly.

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