Meanings
noundaube (countable and uncountable, plural daubes)
plural daubes
- countableuncountableA stew of braised meat, usually beef.
“Christ, I tell you true, Irene, that child won't listen to nobody! I'm trying to cook her some spaghettis and daube, and she keeps on playing in my pot.”
1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, London: Penguin Books, published 1980 (1981 printing), →ISBN
Origin
- Frenchdaube
- Frenchdaube
- Englishdaube
Borrowed from French daube.
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APA
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