Sab.

American

abbreviation

Sabbath.

sab British

/ sæb /

noun

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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