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▪ I. sabe, v. slang (orig. U.S.).|ˈsɑːbeɪ, ˈsɑːveɪ|
Also 9 sabee.
[Re-formation after, or re-borrowing of, Sp. sabe: see savvy v.]
= savvy v. Cf. quien sabe.
1850California Courier (San Francisco) 6 Sept. 2/3 Ha! Sabe that? 1865Nixon Peter Perfume 58 The ‘no sabee’ dodge to try they'd fain. 1874B. Harte Wan Lee, I asked if the juggler was the father of the baby. ‘No sabe!’ said the imperturbable Hop Sing, taking refuge in that Spanish form of non-committalism so common in California. 1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy vi. 37 Girls, you know, sabe each other that way. 1907S. E. White Arizona Nights i. 9, I sabed that they'd seen the original exhibit your Uncle Jim was making of himself.
▪ II. sabe, n. slang (orig.U.S.).|ˈsɑːbeɪ, ˈsɑːveɪ|
[See prec.]
= savvy n.
1872B. Harte in Atlantic Monthly Mar. 352/2 Did n't hev no more sabe than to come round yar with sickness in the house and no provision. 1892Kipling & Balestier Naulahka 273 You have been romping around for six months after something you hadn't the sabe to hold when you'd got. 1913J. London Valley of Moon 311 We ain't got the sabe, or the knack, or something or other. 1931Lariat Apr. 53 You ain't got much sabe. |