noun General Slang

tabs

· noun · geordie

Geordie and Scottish for cigarettes — plural by default.

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Cigarettes. The standard North East word — you don't bum a fag in Newcastle, you bum a tab. Singular tab works fine for one; tabs covers the packet, the habit, and the round outside the pub.

“Gannin' out for a tab, back in five.”
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tabs In A Sentence

Gannin' out for a tab, back in five.

Origin & Usage

Likely from the old brand name Ogden's Tabs, a popular early-1900s cigarette in northern England and Scotland, which became the generic term.

Variants tab

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