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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Quibble.
 
An evasion; a juggling with words, is the Welsh chwibiol (a trill), and not the Latin quid libet (what you please), as is generally given.   1
 


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