Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—B

Blubber

To cry like a child, with noise and slavering. Connected with slobber, slaver.

“I play the boy, and blubber in thy bosom.”

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Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
Blubber Cheeks
Blowzy
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