Words & TermsWar, service and history
babbling brook
A cook, especially an army cook.
In a sentence
In this historical or contextual use, “babbling brook” means a cook, especially an army cook.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre records Australian rhyming slang babbling brook/babbler for a cook before the First World War and a specific AIF army-cook use.
- Initial era
- 1900–1949
- Where used
- Australian military usage; historical