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bubbes

bubbes is the plural of bubbe.

Meaning of bubbe

Noun

bubbe (plural bubbes)

  1. A grandmother.
    • The Bube explained the situation in voluble Yiddish, and made Esther wince again under the impassioned invective on her clumsiness. […] If the family died of starvation, their blood would be upon her grand-daughter's head.1892, I[srael] Zangwill, “The Sweater”, in Children of the Ghetto […], volume I, London: William Heinemann, →OCLC, book I (The Children of the Ghetto), page 34
  2. An elderly woman.
    • "I wanna more chocolate, bubbe," said Karl. […] "You heard the bubbe," said Josie. "There isn't any. You act up and cry and I'll give you the back of my hand."1979 December, Stephen Longstreet, chapter 15, in The Dream Seekers, Los Angeles, Calif.: Pinnacle Books, published January 1981, →ISBN, page 174

Questions about bubbes

What is bubbes the plural of?
Bubbes is the plural of bubbe.

Words near bubbes in the dictionary

  1. bubbele
  2. bubbeleh
  3. Bubbenmoyer
  4. bubber
  5. bubbers
  6. bubbes
  7. Bubbette
  8. Bubbettes
  9. bubbie
  10. bubbies
  11. bubbing

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