"10" . _:vb7407498 "\u201CWe are very grateful to you for coming, sir,\u201D said Alleyn.\u201CNot at all, not at all,\u201D grabbled Mr. Rattisbon. \u201CShocking affair. Dreadful.\u201D"@en . _:vb7407498 "1941, Ngaio Marsh, chapter 17, in Death of a Peer\u200E[1], New York: Jove Books, published 1980, page 253:"@en . _:vb7407496 "(ambitransitive) To utter inarticulate sounds, often quickly and loudly; to say (something) quickly, idly or foolishly."@en . _:vb7407497 "1868, Sheridan Le Fanu, \u201CSquire Toby\u2019s Will\u201D, in Best Ghost Stories of J. S. Le Fanu\u200E[1], New York: Dover, published 1964, page 17:"@en . . _:vb7407499 "1979, Lawrence Kamarck, chapter 14, in Informed Sources\u200E[1], New York: Dial, page 120:"@en . . _:vb7407496 . . _:vb7407497 "[\u2026] there was instantly a dreadful confusion and uproar in the room, and such a grabbling and laughing; he could not catch the words [\u2026]"@en . _:vb7407497 . _:vb7407498 . _:vb7407499 "Who the hell were all these bastards? Grabbling like a bunch of monkeys, talking gibberish."@en . . _:vb7407499 . .