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Rarebabbitts
The correct spelling is babbitts.
How to pronounce babbitts
noun
Say it like: Bab-bit-ts
The correct spelling is babbitts. A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
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Meanings
noun
- 1.A person who subscribes complacently to materialistic middle-class ideals.
- 2.Short for babbitt metal, Babbitt metal (“a soft white alloy of variable composition (for example, nine parts of tin to one of copper, or fifty parts of tin to five of antimony and one of copper) used in bearings to diminish friction”).
verb
- 1.To line (something) with babbitt metal to reduce friction.
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