Daily Word Quiz
CHEW ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE a) to change one's mind b) to vomit c) to repeat oneself d) to consider carefully before giving an opinion Answer below. Today's Featured Word: TWITTLE VERB to utter idly, to chatter, to babble ...1577 obs. ETYMOLOGY apparently altered from tittle to tell or utter by way of tattle or gossip FIRST DOCUMENTED USE 1577 - see EXAMPLE below EXAMPLE "...and in other places ouer spare, it twitled more tales out of schoole and drowned weightyer matters in silence..." From: The Historie of Irelande By: Richard Stanyhurst, 1577 SOURCES • A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, James Murray, 1887-1933 Daily Word Quiz Answer CHEW ONE'S CABBAGE TWICE c) to repeat oneself ...L19 US sl.
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