abus

This is an entry in Mihalic 1971

1. a side dish consisting mainly of pork, meat, fish, or sea foods
   mipela i no gat abus = we do not have any meat
   abus bilong huk = bait

2. a tidbit, something much liked, a delight
   singsing em i abus bilong mi = dancing is my delight

3. a shim
   putim abus aninit long lek bilong tebol = put a shim under the leg of the table (to make it level)

4. an easy mark
   ol kanaka bilong hap i olsem abus bilong mipela = the native over there are our ‘meat’ (i.e. we can defeat them at will)

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