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His supposed masterstrokes backfired spectacularly, forcing insulted Conservatives to find their backbones and stand up to a political flibbertigibbet.

That suits an actor's slightly flibbertigibbet nature.

Don't expect your careers advisor to have all the answers because quite simply, unless they have been a flibbertigibbet throughout their own career and tried hundreds of different roles, they won't.

Hester's younger sister, Addy, is the family flibbertigibbet -- until her depth, resolve, and iron will are revealed through a tragedy.

Indeed, Edgar's fictional fiends are a good example; his play-acting is so effective that it is not too great a stretch to think that Mohu or the foul fiend Flibbertigibbet might in fact be tormenting some actual Tom O'Bedlam beggar, even if not Edgar.

The show -- the story -- begins with Maria, "a flibbertigibbet, a Will o' the wisp, a clown", hurtling back to the abbey where, given her shocking time-keeping, she is clearly in vain pursuit of a career as a nun.

(32) Some other artists released on the 3rd Ear record label included Colin Shamley, Mike Dickman, Jannie Hofmeyr, Paul Clingman, Brian Finch, Roger Lucey, John Oakley-Smith and groups such as Flibbertigibbet and Raven.

A mercenary, hypochondriacal, flibbertigibbet, who doesn't take in one of six words addressed to him--but civil to the old ladies" (Diaries 566).

Simone White's essay at Harriet, "Flibbertigibbet in a White Room / Competencies," despite having been published six months prior, was coming up frequently in online discussions of reading series and when I responded to the invitation to ask a few questions, I included a link.

This flibbertigibbet streak perhaps accounts for his refusal to stick with a successful technique when he found one.

And now here's this dyed-hair flibbertigibbet who wants to know.