See Also: hubble-bubble(dictionary)
Hubble(dictionary)
Hubble Telescope, the(dictionary)
Hubble's constant(encyclopedia)
Hubble (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Hubble, Edwin P(owell)(encyclopedia)
Hubble Space Telescope (HST)(encyclopedia)
bubble(2)(dictionary)
bubble(1)(dictionary)
BUBBLE ACT, Eng(law)

swanking (iou) and hubble-bubble (iou)


swanking (iou)



swanking noun & adjective. E16.
[Cf. SWANK adjective1, SWANKY noun1 & adjective1.]
A. noun. A fine strapping fellow. Long arch. E16.
b. adjective. Strong and active, stout, strapping. E18.

hubble-bubble (iou)



hubble-bubble noun. E17.
[Imit. redupl. of BUBBLE noun.]
A hubbub; confused talk; a bubbling sound. E17.
A rudimentary form of hookah, the water being held in a coconut shell or similar receptacle. M17.