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Sab.

American  

abbreviation

  1. Sabbath.

sab British  
/ sæb /

noun

  1. informal a person engaged in direct action to prevent a targeted activity, esp fox hunting, taking place

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Etymology

Origin of sab

C20: shortened from saboteur

Example Sentences

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Sab. 23d.—It seems to me that this truth alone, there is a God, is sufficient, rightly believed, to make every human being absolutely and perfectly happy.

From The Life and Letters of Elizabeth Prentiss by Prentiss, George L.

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