Etymology

bavette

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French bavette
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bavette · noun1

  1. French · borrowed frombavette
  2. French · borrowed frombavette
  3. English todaybavette

Borrowed from French bavette (“slobber-inducing”).

bavette · noun2

  1. Italian · borrowed frombavette“bavetta”
  2. English todaybavette

From Italian bavette (“bavetta”) (dribble-inducing).

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