Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A scab.
- noun A disease incident to sheep; a kind of itch which makes the wool fall off; scab: same as
ray or rubbers. - To rub or scratch, as a dog or cat scratching itself.
- To play mean tricks; retreat or skulk away meanly or clandestinely.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Obs. or Prov. Eng. The itch in animals; also, a scab.
- transitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To play mean tricks; to act shabbily.
- transitive verb obsolete To scratch; to rub.
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- verb obsolete To
scratch ; torub .
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Examples
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The Atlanta-based beverage giant has provided World Cup gear to 1,000 South African restaurants and taverns known as shab eens, which traditionally serve black South Africans and are social hubs in many communities.
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Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib Al'maaruf ba Mirza Nousha wa Najmud'doula Dabirul Mulk Asadullah Khan Bahadur Nizam Jung Al Mutakhallus ba GHALIB dar Faarsi wa ASAD dar Rekhta. baaziichaa-e-atfaal hai duniyaa mere aage hotaa hai shab-o-roz tamaashaa mere aage mat puuchh ke kyaa haal hai meraa tere piichhe tuu dekh ke kyaa rang hai teraa mere aage
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Filed under: Firoze Shakir Bollywoods Most Wanted , kama zani, maulana agha roohi, Moharam in Lucknow, shab e ashur
2008 February 25 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Filed under: Firoze Shakir Bollywoods Most Wanted , kama zani, maulana agha roohi, Moharam in Lucknow, shab e ashur
The Roaring Lion of Lucknow – Maulana Agha Roohi « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Filed under: Firoze Shakir Bollywoods Most Wanted , kama zani, maulana agha roohi, Moharam in Lucknow, shab e ashur
The Roaring Lion of Lucknow – Maulana Agha Roohi « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Filed under: Firoze Shakir Bollywoods Most Wanted , kama zani, maulana agha roohi, Moharam in Lucknow, shab e ashur
2008 February 25 « bollywoods most wanted photographerno1 2008
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Lunch Eating your fuTuur keeps you shab'aan (shab-an; satisfied) for a few hours -- time to get some work done and remain productive.
Arabic for Dummies Bouchentouf, Amine 2006
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“Any name but dat, you shab,” said Black Jack, who was a little round fellow, of about five feet two; “I would not stand to be called Portuguese by Nelson himself.”
Lavengro 2004
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Agitation against the government was expressed in the form of shab-namehs (night letters).
1872 2001
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The room beyond, illuminated by a ceiling light and a floor lamp, was large and low, well furnished but with the comfortable slight shab-biness of a long-established home.
The Unicorn Trade Anderson, Poul and Karen 1984
ruzuzu commented on the word shab
"1. A scab.
2. A disease incident to sheep; a kind of itch which makes the wool fall off; scab: same as ray or rubbers.
3. To rub or scratch, as a dog or cat scratching itself.
4. To play mean tricks; retreat or skulk away meanly or clandestinely."
--Century Dictionary
December 1, 2010