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bubbe
[ buhb-ee, boo-bee, buhb-uh, boo-buh ]
noun
, Yiddish.
- (used as a title or term of address) grandmother.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of bubbe1
First recorded in 1895–1900; from Yiddish bobe, from Polish baba
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Example Sentences
This is a case, however, what my old bubbe, may she rest in peace, would call “a foiler tut in tsveyen.”
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Nothing is off-limits, nothing is sacred, not even little old bubbe down in Florida.
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As I assess the Bubbe who shares the couch with Silverman, she looks to be about 75.
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