kibbley

kibbley (comparative more kibbley, superlative most kibbley)

1. Alternative spelling of kibbly.
   • 2000 August 6, Joe, “Tristan Update...”, in alt.pets.ferrets‎^[1] (Usenet), archived from the original on 28 May 2025:

     Now that Tristan is eating again, his servant Rich may wish to begin transitioning him to a blend of healthy foods, using the now favored Ultra-blend as a stepping stone to kibbley goodness.

   • 2003, Annamarie Jagose, “18 October, 1836”, in Slow Water, Wellington: Victoria University Press, published 2004, →ISBN, page 307:

     Two miles across town from a laneway’s shadowed passage bloomed the fishhead stink of the sea so that he jogged back to nose it, on a sudden undecided, but keeping finally to the sun of the public roadway that ran slightly downhill, his back feet skewing a little and throwing the dust, the kibbley smell of ale and working men.

   • 2010, Susan Wilson, chapter 9, in One Good Dog, Large Print edition, Waterville, Me.: Wheeler Publishing, →ISBN, page 60:

     I danced a little on my front feet, his voice was so calm and kibbley.

   • 2021, Spencer Quinn [pseudonym; Peter Abrahams], chapter 16, in Tender Is the Bite (A Chet & Bernie Mystery; 11), New York, N.Y.: Forge, →ISBN:

     There was one interesting smell, rather kibbley, although not like my kind of kibble.