fambly
English
editEtymology
editFrom family.
Noun
editfambly (plural famblies)
- (dialect) Family.
- 1905, Charles Waddell Chesnutt, The Colonel's Dream:
- Lawd, no, suh, de fambly did n' die out — 'deed dey did n' die out! dey ain't de kind er fambly ter die out! But it's mos' as bad, suh — dey's moved away.
- 1915, Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, Old Judge Priest:
- But there's a right smart chance of middle-aged famblies and even a few toler'ble new famblies in this here community.
- 2005, Hilary Mantel, Beyond Black:
- You don't want to mess with the fambly of Nick. Because Nick he is a fambly man.