A babbie robbed of her mam and da and two sets of families grieving. 2010, Rita Bradshaw, Forever Yours:
That she was granen—in the way of a babbie coming. And she hardly more than a babbie herself. 2013, Benjamin Black, Holy Orders: A Quirke Novel, page 260:
So even though I was greetin like a babbie the day my auntie Edie came tae take me away, and my ma was – what's it? incon-soul-able – I think it was the best thing fur wur family. 2011, Nina de la Mer, 4 a.m.: