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nounzebub (plural zebubs)
plural zebubs
- archaicSynonym of zimb.
Bruce, the traveller in Abyssinia, tells us that whenever the zebub or zimb appears, as it always does in swarms, "all the cattle forsake their food, and run wildly about till they die worn out with fatigue, fright, and hunger."
1858, James Gardner, The Faiths of the World, page 273Synonyms: zimb
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nounSynonym of zimb.
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