sa'b

Updated: May 19, 2025

They always do the wrong thing for preference. They break everything they touch, and then burst into a "Yah, yah, yah!" like a monkey. If you leave half a bottle of sherry, they will fill it up with hock, and say, "Are they not both white wines, Sa'b?" If you call for your tea, the servant will bring you a saucer, and stare at you.

Lady Isabel Burton - The Romance of Isabel Lady Burton Volume II

"Gunga, Johnnie?" I asked, remembering the name of the sacred river Ganges from Kipling's "Kim." "No Gunga, sa'b Mahommedie, me." "You go Benares, Johnnie?" "No Benares." "Mecca?" "Mokka, yes; afterwards me go Mokka." "After the war you going to Mokka, Johnnie?" "Yes; Indee, France here Indee back again then Mokka." "You been to France, Johnnie?" "Yes, sa'b." "You know Kashmir, Johnnie?"

John Hargrave - At Suvla Bay : Being the notes and sketches of scenes, characters and adventures of the Dardanelles campaign, made by John Hargrave ("White Fox") while serving with the 32nd field ambulance, X division, Mediterranean expeditionary force, during the great war.

Putterum. Capitan Tippoo! Putterum. Tremble before him! Putterum. Serve him and please him! Putterum. Please him and serve him! Putterum. He will reward us! Putterum. He will protect us! Putterum. He will enrich us! Putterum. Charity Lord Sa'b! Putterum. Out of the way there! Putterum. Way for the great ... Putterum. Rajah of ten crores!

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858

Putter.... .... Ten crores!.. Putter.... Rajah.... .... Put.... .... Lard.... .. Putter.... .... ... Sa'b! .... rum. And so they have turned down Flag Street. But what now?

Various - The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858