cabob (plural cabobs)
Obsolete form of kebab.
cabob (third-person singular simple present cabobs, present participle cabobbing, simple past and past participle cabobbed)
Obsolete form of kebab.
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Source: Wiktionary
Ca*bob", n. Etym: [Hindi kabab]
1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.
2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.
Ca*bob", v. t.
Definition: To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
31 March 2025
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
