casaba
See also: cãsãbã
English
editEtymology
editFrom Turkish Kasaba, a town in Turkey, now Turgutlu.
Noun
editcasaba (plural casabas)
- A cultivar of the muskmelon (Cucumis melo), with bright yellow, wrinkled skin.
- (usually in the plural, slang) The adult female breast.
- 1993, Quantum Leap, season 5, episode 14, spoken by Al Calavicci (Dean Stockwell):
- Oh, well. She's got... great... casabas . […] Well, you know. Melons. […] Hoo-has? Honkers? Hooters? Headlights? Uh... tatas? Teeters? Tweeters? Tom-toms? Tetons? […] I'm trying to say it. Uh, meatballs. Mangoes. Cream pies. Cupcakes? Uh... bangers? Bouncers? Bulumbas? […] Bazongas? Breasts! I said it.
Anagrams
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Galician
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Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Ottoman Turkish قصبه (kasaba), from Arabic قَصَبَة (qaṣaba).
Noun
editcasaba f (plural casabale)
Declension
editDeclension of casaba
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) casaba | casabaua | (niște) casabale | casabalele |
genitive/dative | (unei) casabale | casabalei | (unor) casabale | casabalelor |
vocative | casaba | casabalelor |
References
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