"chabob" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: chabobs [plural]
Etymology: Perhaps connected with boob. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chabob (plural chabobs)
  1. (US, dated, slang, usually in the plural) A woman's breast. . Tags: US, dated, plural-normally, slang
    Sense id: en-chabob-en-noun-gdX03A8H Categories (other): American English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

Forms: chabobs [plural]
Etymology: See kebab. Head templates: {{en-noun}} chabob (plural chabobs)
  1. Obsolete form of kebab. Tags: alt-of, obsolete Alternative form of: kebab
    Sense id: en-chabob-en-noun-5Uh1Ob48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 28 72 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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