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nabe
/neɪb/
noun 3
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5ADJ.
near
VERB + NABE
attend, like
NABE + NOUN
bridgeport, danc, dancery, gym, smoker, summer
PREP.
in, in
ADV.
practically, such
Definitions
noun
1
Neighborhood.
Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker. Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night.
“Biggest flopperoo of year, so far,” wrote Green “was the highly touted preeming of Biff Brown’s band at the Ritz, nabe dancery near Bridgeport.” … Glossary of Swing Words in this Chapter. … Nabe dancery: Neighborhood ballroom.
2
Neighborhood theater, neighborhood cinema.
They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes.
noun
1
A Japanese hot pot dish.
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Cagers Will Attend ‘Nabe’ Gym Smoker. Practically every basketball player in the city has promised to attend the benefit smoker at the Neighborhood House gym, Tenth and Galapago, Monday night.
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“Biggest flopperoo of year, so far,” wrote Green “was the highly touted preeming of Biff Brown’s band at the Ritz, nabe dancery near Bridgeport.” … Glossary of Swing Words in this Chapter. … Nabe danc
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They picked an aging star, slapped together a moldy script, and sent the result out to the nabes.
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I don't want to eat such things like nabe in summer.
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