wobbly

UK /ˈwɒb(ə)li/ US /ˈwɑb(ə)li/
noun 3adj 1

Definitions

adj

1

Unsteady and tending to wobble.

wobbly bridge

wobbly chair

noun

1

Alternative spelling of Wobbly.

2

A wobbler; a fit of rage; a tantrum.

noun

1

A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union.

The gray man didn’t think I had any right to the card I had showed him, nor to the other one I had mentioned. He didn’t think I was a good wobbly. As chief muckademuck of the I. W. W. in Personville, he considered it his duty to get the low-down on me, and to not let himself be pumped about radical affairs while he was doing it.

I drew myself up taller. I gave a beautiful account of my career with the Wobblies.

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