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Wobbly

noun
Wob·bly | \ˈwä-blē \
plural Wobblies

Definition of Wobbly 

: a member of the Industrial Workers of the World

First Known Use of Wobbly

1913, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Wobbly

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