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ribbedebie

Dutch

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Etymology

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According to linguist Ruud Hendrickx from French à bride abattue.[1]

According to the Vlaams woordenboek possibly from thieves' cant rip de bie ("gone the way").[2]

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ribbedebie (used only predicatively, not comparable)

  1. (colloquial, Belgium) disappeared, gone, having left

References

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  1. ^ Ruud Hendrickx (1999) “Weg ermee!”, in VRT Taal‎[1] (in Dutch)
  2. ^ “ribbedebie”, in Het Vlaams woordenboek (in Dutch), 2022 September 12 (last accessed)
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