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Definition of babbitt:
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" Yes, sir; directly, sir," says Babbitt.
- "Shorty McCabe", Sewell Ford. -
Roughly a third of the tin consumed within the United States goes into tin- plate, a third into solder and babbitt metal, and a third into miscellaneous uses.
- "The Economic Aspect of Geology", C. K. Leith. -
Mrs. Babbitt thought that personal appeals might bring citizens to the rescue, and in an interval of black darkness between lightning flashes, escaped through a back cellar way, and had almost reached the shelter of a cornfield adjoining the garden, when the lightning revealed her and three men started in pursuit.
- "Half a Century", Jane Grey Cannon Swisshelm.