subs., adj., and adv. (old colloquial).—Rigmarole, nonsense; wandering, confused; incoherently.
1598. SHAKESPEARE, 1 Henry IV., iii. 1, 154. Such a deal of SKIMBLE-SKAMBLE stuff.
1630. TAYLOR (‘The Water Poet’), Workes, ‘A Whore.’ Here’s a sweet deale of SCIMBLE SCAMBLE stuffe.
