"tabnab" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "Nautical slang of obscure origin. Attested from the 20th century. Compare nab and possibly table.",
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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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        "(slang, British, Navy) A small item of food offered at break times, normally the morning break."
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