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Awkward Shuffling Shamble Sham Buhl Verb Intr Walk Lazy

Front shamble \SHAM-buhl\
Back verb intr.
To walk in an awkward, lazy, or unsteady manner, shuffling the feet.

noun
A shuffling gait.

[Probably from obsolete shamble, awkward, ungainly, from Middle English schamil, butcher's table.]

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