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tabanca

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tabanca /taˈbaŋkə /
▸ noun [mass noun] West Indian English a painful feeling of unrequited love, typically for a former lover and causing unbalanced or violent behaviour.
– ORIGIN probably from Kikongo tabaka ‘buy up or sell out completely’.
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