daube
daube noun: a stew of braised meat, usually beef.
Noun
daube (countable and uncountable, plural daubes)
- A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- “Christ, I tell you true, Irene, that child won't listen to nobody! I'm trying to cook her some spaghettis and daube, and she keeps on playing in my pot.”1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN
Forms of daube
| plural | daubes |
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Origin of daube
Borrowed from French daube.
Questions about daube
- What does daube mean?
- Daube means a stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- What part of speech is daube?
- Daube is a noun.
- What is the plural of daube?
- The plural of daube is daubes.
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