definition of the word grabble

From grab

to grabble (third-person singular simple present grabbles, present participle grabbling, simple past and past participle grabbled)

1. To search with one's hands and fingers.

   A few hollow groans from the wardrobe, he thought, would be more than sufficient, or, if that failed to wake her, he might grabble at the counterpane with palsy- twitching fingers. - 1887, The Canterville Ghost/Chapter III by Oscar Wilde

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