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dabba

/ ˈ»ćĂŠČúə /

noun

  1. (in Indian cookery) a round metal box used to transport hot food, either from home or from a restaurant, to a person's place of work
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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˜yĐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of dabba1

C20: from Hindi: lunchbox
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Example Sentences

When the veteran Indian food critic Marryam H. Reshii decided to write a book about spices, she hoped to encourage people to think a little more deeply about the contents of their spice rack or masala dabba.

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The dabbawalas ensure each dabba is promptly dropped at the client's workplace on a hand cart just before lunchtime.

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In a yabba dabba dispute that pitted property rights against government rules that played out in international media, retired publishing mogul Florence Fang defended her colorful, bulbous-shaped house and its elaborate homage to “The Flintstones” family, featuring Stone Age sculptures inspired by the 1960s cartoon, along with aliens and other oddities.

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In a yabba dabba dispute that pitted property rights against government rules that played out in international media, retired publishing mogul Florence Fang defended her colorful, bulbous-shaped house and its elaborate homage to “The Flintstones” family, featuring Stone Age sculptures inspired by the 1960s cartoon, along with aliens and other oddities..

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This is far from Easy, Easy; yabba dabba don’t take anything for granted.

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