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Bab·bitt
 Babbitt
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- pronunciation:
- bae
biht
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the title character and protagonist of Sinclair Lewis's early twentieth-century novel, who is smug, conventional, and resolutely middle-class.
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| definition 2: |
(often l.c.) a person who is similar to this character in attitude and outlook; philistine.
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| derivation: |
Babbittry (n.) |
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