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gabba (2)

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gabba2 /ˈɡabə , ˈxabə /
noun South African English informal a friend:
I've just come to tell my gabbas I'm still around.
– ORIGIN 1970s: Afrikaans, from Dutch slang gabber mate, lad, via Yiddish from Hebrew ḥāḇēr friend.