Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A district on the west coast of Africa.
- noun The of a climbing legumious plant (
Physostigma venenosum ), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called alsoordeal bean , being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.
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Examples
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September 18, 2008 11: 56 AM oh ... and dont just make it all work in calabar, make sure you have fun too.
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September 18, 2008 10: 21 AM enjoy calabar. i hear it's a great place
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October 5, 2008 11: 50 PM welcome back! so you even went to calabar? isha
Standtall is Back 2008
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They sold the dog to a calabar peep? awwwwwwwwhhhhhhhh
R.I.P BULLDOG princesa 2008
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Ndo princessa we lost quite a no of our dogs to calabar people too.
R.I.P BULLDOG princesa 2008
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Bullus is prolly resting in peace can that be? inside one calabar stew now! mcccchewwwww
R.I.P BULLDOG princesa 2008
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The calabar man's part, i laughed and laughed; but I felt sorry...the way you miss Bullus. aiyahhhh...kpele sweery!
R.I.P BULLDOG princesa 2008
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The 2nd to the last verse about the dog eating calabar man is fiction, right?
R.I.P BULLDOG princesa 2008
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I know this is supposed to be some kind of "sad moment"....but the "calabar man craving dog-meat" thing was HILARIOUS..
R.I.P BULLDOG princesa 2008
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I remember once in calabar, a man a thief I think cos he had a nail hamered into his brain died on his knees by the roadside.
ANOTHER CORPSE ON THE HIGHWAY! princesa 2007
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