flibberty-gibbet

A form of flibbertigibbet — An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman.

Meanings

nounflibberty-gibbet (plural flibberty-gibbets)

plural flibberty-gibbets

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of flibbertigibbet.

    For a student of such a serious subject as literature that lad is the most incorrigible flibberty-gibbet.

    1933, Barnaby Ross, Drury Lane's Last Case, republished, March 1946, as by Ellery Queen, Little, Brown, page 63
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