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rab.

rest, remainder, leftovers, extra food; (especially) in a canteen, where using which, one can ask for some extra food from the cook or canteen service

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. rest, remainder, leftovers, extra food; (especially) in a canteen, where using which, one can ask for some extra food from the cook or canteen service

    colloquial · masculine · partitive · uncountable
    je peux avoir du rab ?
    il a faim, file lui un peu de rab
Where this word comes from

Clipping of rabiot (“(originally fishermen and military cant) excess, remainder; (earlier) (1831) excess of fish remaining after rations had been imparted to the mates, (1859) soup soldiers often left over in their mess tin, (1832) an extra something which one can enjoy”). Further unclear, probably from (Gascon) Occitan rabiot (“little fish; leftovers from fishing”).

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