babbling brook

British  

noun

1. slang a cook

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Etymology

Origin of babbling brook

rhyming slang

Example Sentences

“It takes me to a different place. I envision birds and a babbling brook, and Cupid zipping from cloud to cloud,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 15, 2023

Maybe that's why he opened their 1990 interview with a babbling brook of bilge about how dishonest the press is.

From Salon • Jan. 7, 2023

When Ouiser sees squirrels running up and down a tree or hears a babbling brook, her ears perk up, he said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 10, 2021

I’ve swapped out babbling brook for Parisian summer, but that takes my POSat down to an 8.7.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2020

"No, what you smell is—that," said the cow lady, pointing her horns toward some green plants growing near a little babbling brook of water.

From Uncle Wiggily in the Woods by Garis, Howard Roger