Definition of Cabob

1. n. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.

2. v. t. To roast, as a cabob.

Definition of Cabob

1. Noun. (obsolete form of kebab) ¹

2. Verb. (obsolete form of kebab) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cabob

1. kabob [n -S] - See also: kabob

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cabob

cablegrams
cableless
cablelike
cabler
cablers
cables
cabless
cablet
cablets
cableway
cableways
cabling
cablings
cabman
cabmen
cabob (current term)
cabobbed
cabobbing
cabobs
caboc
caboceer
caboceers
caboched
cabochon
cabochons
caboclo
cabocs
cabombas
caboodle
caboodles

Literary usage of Cabob

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Hobson-Jobson: A Glossary of Colloquial Anglo-Indian Words and Phrases, and by Henry Yule, Arthur Coke Burnell, William Crooke (1903)
"‘229. first to strike a stranger who lands at Galls 1673.—” cabob is ... cabob, that is Beef or Mutton ..."

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