dabba
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of dabba
C20: from Hindi: lunchbox
Example Sentences
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The dabbawalas ensure each dabba is promptly dropped at the client's workplace on a hand cart just before lunchtime.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2021
The actress also revealed the nickname "abba dabba" that her father would call her.
From Fox News ● Feb. 27, 2021
“If you’re looking for alternatives, I’ll accept splendid, yummy, dazzling, spectacular, surprising, delicious, delectable, heavenly, exquisite, tasty, yabba dabba doo, or ‘hot damn I’m spoiled.’”
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 27, 2017
“If you’re looking for alternatives, I’ll accept splendid, yummy, dazzling, spectacular, surprising, delicious, delectable, heavenly, exquisite, tasty, yabba dabba doo or ‘hot damn I’m spoiled.’
From Washington Post ● Nov. 26, 2017
“We live like the Flintstones compared to the Jetsons, yabba dabba doo,” Alderman Samuel Moore, whose district includes much of MLK, told me.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 18, 2016
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