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tabnabs

tabnabs is the plural of tabnab.

Meaning of tabnab

Noun

tabnab (plural tabnabs)

  1. (Navy, UK, slang) A small item of food offered at break times, normally the morning break.
    • He comes outside when weather's fine / To hang his singlets on the line, / And then returns - he needs no bell - / The scouse, or Sunday's duff to share; / The stokers tabnabs need his care; / The sea sounds far away in there, / Ssssssssh, like the hush in a conch-shell.1928, Malcolm Lowry, “The Cook In The Gallery”, in The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, UBC Press, published 1992, page 39

Questions about tabnabs

What is tabnabs the plural of?
Tabnabs is the plural of tabnab.

Words near tabnabs in the dictionary

  1. tabloidlike
  2. tabloids
  3. tabloidy
  4. tabnab
  5. tabnabbing
  6. tabnabs
  7. Tabo
  8. Taboada
  9. Taboadas
  10. Taboc
  11. tabog

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