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noun

lab n.

A telltale; a prater; a blabber. (Obs.) "I am no lab."

Laboratory. (Colloq.)

verb

Lab v. i. To prate; to gossip; to babble; to blab. (Obs.)

adjective

lab adj. Of or pertaining to a laboratory; as, a lab bench. (Colloq.)

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Etymology of 'Lab'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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