obs. var. SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE adv.
1611. Cotgr., Griffe graffe, by hooke or by crooke, squimble squamble, scamblingly, catch that catch may.
[1694. Motteux, Rabelais, V. xiv. 64. They all began to bestir their Claws, like a parcel of Fiddlers running a Division; and then fell to’t, squimble squamble, catch that catch can.]
