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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
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People Also Ask
What does tabs mean?
In Geordie and Scottish slang, tabs means cigarettes — it's used as a plural by default.
How do you use tabs in a sentence?
"I'm nipping out for a pack of tabs, want owt?"
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