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English
Etymology
Nautical slang of obscure origin. Attested from the 20th century. Compare nab and possibly table.
Noun
tabnab (plural tabnabs)
- (slang, British, Navy) A small item of food offered at break times, normally the morning break.
1928, Malcolm Lowry, “The Cook In The Gallery”, in The Collected Poetry of Malcolm Lowry, UBC Press, published 1992, page 39: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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