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sarbuts

sarbuts is the plural of sarbut.

Meaning of sarbut

Noun

sarbut (plural sarbuts)

  1. (UK, regional) A police informer.
    • If a sarbut suddenly went bent, then it was only to be expected. He walked across to a desk set beside the doorway of the crime squad office, leafed through the pages of the duty book and absently wrote in Shakespeare's name and rank […]1973, Roger Busby, Pattern of Violence, page 20

Questions about sarbuts

What is sarbuts the plural of?
Sarbuts is the plural of sarbut.

Words near sarbuts in the dictionary

  1. sarbecovirus
  2. sarbecoviruses
  3. Sarber
  4. Sarbers
  5. sarbut
  6. sarbuts
  7. sarc
  8. sarc-
  9. sarcalumenin
  10. sarcase
  11. sarcased

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