- bab|bitt
- bab|bitt «BAB iht», noun, verb.–n.an alloy of tin, antimony, copper, and sometimes lead, used especially in bearings to lessen friction; Babbitt metal. Babbitt is whitish in color and usually feels slippery, almost greasy, when it is rubbed.–v.t.to line or furnish (a bearing) with babbitt.╂[American English < Isaac Babbitt, 1799-1862, an American inventor]Bab|bitt «BAB iht», noun.a smug, self-satisfied businessman, especially one who conforms to middle-class standards of respectability and business success.╂[< George Babbitt, the central character of Sinclair Lewis's novel Babbitt (1922)]
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