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☆ bab·bitt (bab′it)

noun

Babbitt metal

transitive verb

to line or cover with Babbitt metal
babbitt2 definition

☆ bab·bitt or Babbitt Bab′·bitt (bab′it)

noun

a smugly narrow and conventional person interested chiefly in business and social success; Philistine

Etymology: after George Babbitt, title character of a satirical novel (1922) by Sinclair Lewis

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Babbitt definition

Bab·bitt (bab′it)

Babbitt, Milton Byron 1916-; U.S. composer

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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