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plural flibbertigibbets
An offbeat, skittish person; especially said of a young woman. examples
A flighty person; someone regarded as silly, irresponsible, or scatterbrained, especially someone who chatters or gossips. quotations examples
‘Ignorant girls. Dizzy young things. It seems to be my fate always to be landed with these flibbertigibbets.’
2009, Jennifer Worth, Farewell to the East End, Weidenfeld & Nicholson, page 171
(archaic) An imp, a fiend.