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Meaning of tabnab | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1

Definitions

A small item of food offered at break times, normally the morning break.

British, Navy, slang

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

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