"labbie" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: labbies [plural]
Etymology: From lab (“laboratory”) + -ie. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lab|-ie|t1=laboratory}} lab (“laboratory”) + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} labbie (plural labbies)
  1. (informal) A laboratory worker. Tags: informal Synonyms: lab rat
    Sense id: en-labbie-en-noun-3PAi28GC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

Forms: labbies [plural]
Etymology: From Lab(rador retriever) + -ie. Etymology templates: {{af|en|Labrador retriever|-ie|alt1=Lab(rador retriever)}} Lab(rador retriever) + -ie Head templates: {{en-noun}} labbie (plural labbies)
  1. (informal) A Labrador retriever. Tags: informal Categories (topical): Occupations Categories (lifeform): Dogs
    Sense id: en-labbie-en-noun-lPUet1XU Disambiguation of Occupations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Dogs: 2 98 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ie Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 98 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ie: 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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