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ˈpamby shortening of namby-pamby a.
1823Byron Let. 25 Jan. in Wks. (1901) VI. 164, I will bet you a flask of Falernum that the most stilted parts of the political Age of Bronze, and the most pamby portions of the Toobonai Islands, will be the most agreeable to the enlightened public. 1947I. Brown Say Word 89 Defeating the accusation that..Ambrose [Philips] composed nothing but ‘pamby’ stuff. |