Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To make cabob of; roast, as a leg of mutton, with savory herbs, spices, etc., at a quick fire. Also spelled
kabab , cobob. - noun An Oriental dish consisting of small pieces of beef or mutton, seasoned with pepper, salt, ginger, etc., and basted with oil and garlic while being roasted on a skewer or spit, sweet herbs being sometimes placed between the pieces.
- noun An Anglo-Indian name for roast meat in general.
- noun A leg of mutton stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.
- noun Also spelled kabab, cobob.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To roast, as a cabob.
- noun A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
- noun A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs.
- noun See
shish kebob .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Obsolete form of
kebab . - verb Obsolete form of
kebab .
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Examples
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To console ourselves for this disappointment we bowled away to a cabob shop, and having made a good luncheon, repaired to Mustapha's, to assist our digestion with a pipe, and make ready for the consul's dinner, to which we were invited.
Journal of a Visit to Constantinople and Some of the Greek Islands in the Spring and Summer of 1833 John Auldjo
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He Ah Naum Peche uay u payahe mehenob caix ti yalah: -- "Oheltex, hun ynix u kaba kin ahbalcab bin uluk ahlikin cabob hun mexob Ahpul tu chicul hunabku ti peten ca xicex ti kam bu hahil asilex [211-1]:" bay tan binciob tu xinbalob yalan che yalan haban, ca kuchiob tu tancabal
The Maya Chronicles Brinton's Library Of Aboriginal American Literature, Number 1 Various 1868
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Based on the police information, the blast injured three people, including cabob-dealer and charwoman.
Today.Az 2010
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Based on the police information, the blast injured three people, including cabob-dealer and charwoman.
Today.Az 2010
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