Sab.
abbreviation
Sabbath.
Sab.
Americanabbreviation
sab
British
/ sæb /
noun
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.
She said the incident had not put her off being a sab and declared she was "not going anywhere".
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2023
In one scene, she says: “Yeh sab mujhe pasand hai, bhaut pasand hai.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2011
Birk will burn be it burn drawn; sauch will sab if it were simmer sawn.
From The Proverbs of Scotland by Hislop, Alexander
My mither sent me to the town, To warp a plaiden wab; But the weary, weary warpin o’t Has gart me sigh and sab.
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
It's vain to comfort me, Willie, Sair grief maun ha'e its will; But let me rest upon your briest To sab and greet my fill.
From The World's Best Poetry, Volume 3 Sorrow and Consolation by Carman, Bliss
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