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bubbe meises

bubbe meises is the plural of bubbe meise.

Meaning of bubbe meise

Noun

bubbe meise (plural bubbe meises)

  1. (Judaism) An old wives' tale; a fairytale.
    • If you look ahead to the second book of the Maccabees, you will see that Judah did not embrace the life of the tzaddik […] No, Judah discovered […] that war, not holiness, is good business. He spent the years after the Maccabean victory pillaging whatever small settlements happened to strike his...1988 December 4, Liz Galst, “Lesbian Maccabee Unmasked!”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 21, page 7

Questions about bubbe meises

What is bubbe meises the plural of?
Bubbe meises is the plural of bubbe meise.

Words near bubbe meises in the dictionary

  1. Bubba votes
  2. Bubbafication
  3. bubbas
  4. bubbe
  5. bubbe meise
  6. bubbe meises
  7. bubbe-meise
  8. bubbe-meises
  9. bubbed
  10. bubbeh
  11. bubbehs

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