chimblins

== English == === Etymology === From chimble (“to nibble; to gnaw; to crumble”), a dialectal English verb recorded in nineteenth-century provincial glossaries, notably in Buckinghamshire and surrounding counties. Related to chibble, chivel, and crumble in regional use. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtʃɪm.blɪŋz/ === Noun === chimblins pl (plural only) (dialect, archaic, chiefly Buckinghamshire, Midlands) Small fragments or crumbs produced by nibbling or gnawing; tiny pieces left after something has been chewed, crumbled, or worn away, especially as by mice or vermin. Synonyms: chumblings, nibblings, crumbs (regional) (by extension, rare, family usage) Small scraps or morsels of food; leftover bits of meat or other fragments remaining after a meal. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === James Orchard Halliwell (1846), “CHIMBLE”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. […], volume I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, […], →OCLC, page 246, column 2: “Fragments so made are called chimblings” “Buckinghamshire Vocabulary - C”, in GENUKI‎[1], 25 November 2025 (last accessed), “CHIBBLE" or "CHIMBLE” Baker, Anne Elizabeth (1854), “chumblings”, in Glossary of Northamptonshire Words and Phrases‎[2], volume 1, page 113. Arthur Benoni Evans (1881), “chimble, chibble, chivel”, in Leicestershire Words, Phrases, and Proverbs‎[3], volume 11, pages 120-121