"tabnab" meaning in All languages combined

See tabnab on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: tabnabs [plural]
Etymology: Nautical slang of obscure origin. Attested from the 20th century. Compare nab and possibly table. Head templates: {{en-noun}} tabnab (plural tabnabs)
  1. (slang, British, Navy) A small item of food offered at break times, normally the morning break. Tags: British, Navy, slang
    Sense id: en-tabnab-en-noun-eUq7a1j3 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1928, Malcolm Lowry, “The Cook In The Gallery”, in The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, UBC Press, published 1992, page 39:",
          "text": "He comes outside when weather's fine / To hang his singlets on the line, / And then returns - he needs no bell - / The scouse, or Sunday's duff to share; / The stokers tabnabs need his care; / The sea sounds far away in there, / Ssssssssh, like the hush in a conch-shell.",
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