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 George L. Prentiss
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
She just gi’ed a sab and was by wi’ it.
From The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. XIX (of 25) The Ebb-Tide; Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson
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 Robert Burns
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 Bliss Carman
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