wobbly

(wäb)

adjective wobblier, wobbliest

inclined to wobble; shaky

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noun pl. wobblies

Informal a member of the Industrial Workers of the World, an international, revolutionary industrial union founded in Chicago in 1905

Origin: < ?

See wobbly in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective wob·bli·er, wob·bli·est
Tending to wobble; unsteady.

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  • wobˈbli·ness noun

noun pl. Wob·blies
A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a chiefly US labor organization dedicated to the overthrow of capitalism, active especially in the early 1900s.

Origin:

Origin: From I Wobbly Wobbly

Origin: , humorous alteration of I(ndustrial) W(orkers of the) W(orld)

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