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ribby

(ˈrɪbɪ)
adj, -bier or -biest
with noticeable ribs
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Tabitha came downstairs mewing dreadfully--"Come in, Cousin Ribby, come in, and sit ye down!
Ribby and Tabitha set to work to search the house thoroughly again.
And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his yellow teeth at me and whisked down the hole."
"The rats get upon my nerves, Cousin Ribby," said Tabitha.
"Here's one of your kittens at least," said Ribby, dragging Moppet out of the flour barrel.
Ribby and Tabitha took her with them to keep her safely in sight, while they went on with their search.
"A rolling-pin?" said Ribby. "Did we not hear a roly-poly noise in the attic when we were looking into that chest?"
"This is serious, Cousin Tabitha," said Ribby. "We must send for John Joiner at once, with a saw."
He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the candle to look into the chest.
In bony, ribby regions of the earth, where at the base of high broken cliffs masses of rock lie strewn in fantastic groupings upon the plain, you will often discover images as of the petrified forms of the Leviathan partly merged in grass, which of a windy day breaks against them in a surf of green surges.
elebrating C25 years of making memorable holidays, Ribby Hall Village is an ideal base for families, couples and groups of friends to explore some of the best countryside and coastal locations Lancashire has to offer.
Sherrie likes to swim and also unwinds during spa days at Ribby Hall Village near Preston with her 34-year-old daughter, Keeley, mum to Oliver, 12, and Molly, eight.