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Thread #51082   Message #777474
Posted By: Amos
05-Sep-02 - 11:14 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mediaeval Swear Words
Subject: RE: BS: Mediaeval Swear Words
"Shamble" meaning a mess or a bloody wrack is time-honored and still used - as in "The kids' room was an absolute shambles". "To shamble", meaning to sort of ramble with a shuffle, is a distinct sense, and I would doubt it is immediately transferred from the first definition. But I 'aven't done any bloody research on it, 'ave Oi?

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