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Search phrase: amble

Plays

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.301ambles withal, who Time trots withal, who Timeambles withall, who Time trots withal, who Time
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.308Who ambles Time withal?Who ambles Time withal?
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.314heavy tedious penury. These Time ambles withal.heauie tedious penurie. These Time ambles withal.
As You Like ItAYL III.ii.348brambles; all, forsooth, deifying the name of Rosalind.brambles; all (forsooth) defying the name of Rosalinde.
HamletHam III.i.145another. You jig and amble, and you lisp. You nickname another: you gidge, you amble, and you lispe, and nickname
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.i.148And such a deal of skimble-skamble stuffAnd such a deale of skimble-skamble Stuffe,
Henry IV Part 11H4 III.ii.60The skipping King, he ambled up and down,The skipping King hee ambled vp and downe,
Henry VI Part 33H6 I.i.71To make a shambles of the Parliament House!To make a Shambles of the Parliament House.
Henry VIIIH8 V.iv.88You i'th' camlet, get up o'th' rail;You i'th'Chamblet, get vp o'th'raile,
King JohnKJ IV.iii.146To tug and scamble and to part by th' teethTo tug and scamble, and to part by th'teeth
Much Ado About NothingMA V.i.153Sir, your wit ambles well; it goes easily.Sir, your wit ambles well, it goes easily.
OthelloOth IV.ii.65O, ay! As summer flies are in the shambles,Oh I, as Sommer Flyes are in the Shambles,

Poems

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
Venus and AdonisVen.629 The thorny brambles and embracing bushes, The thornie brambles, and imbracing bushes,

Glossary

 11 result(s).
amblewalk in an unnatural way
camlet, chambletgarment made of fine cloth
chambletgarment made of fine cloth
gamestergambler, adventurer
hazardplay dice, gamble
musstype of children's game in which players scramble for things thrown on the ground
scamblescramble, struggle, make shift
setrate, stake, gamble
shamblesmeat-market, slaughter-house
shuffleshift, shamble along
skimble-skamblenonsensical, incoherent, rubbishy

Thesaurus

 5 result(s).
gambleset
gamblehazard
gamblergamester
scramblescamble
shamble alongshuffle

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Words Families

 12 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
AMBLEBASICamble v, ambling adj, ambling n
AMBLEACTIONpreambulate v
BRAMBLEBASICbramble n
PREAMBULATEBASICsee AMBLE
SCAMBLEBASICscamble v, scambling adj, scambling n
SHAMBLESBASICshambles n
SKAMBLEBASICsee SKIMBLE
SKIMBLEBASICskimble-skamble adj

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