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Sabra|ˈsæbrə|
[ad. mod.Heb. ṣābrāh prickly pear.]
1. (Also with small initial.) A Jew born in Palestine (see Palestinian a. and n.) or, after 1948, in Israel (see Israel 3). Also attrib.
1945Zionist Rev. 16 Nov. 8/2 Of course I was born here. No, I am not a new immigrant, not even an old one; I am a sabra. 1946Koestler Thieves in Night i. ii. 9 They were Sabras—nicknamed after the thorny, rather tasteless fruit of the cactus, grown on arid earth, tough, hard-living, scant. Ibid. ii. ii. 95 These Sabra-boys regard a glass of wine as something like opium or hashish. 1949― Promise & Fulfilment 222 He is a sabra, with a pleasant open face and good physique. 1958M. E. Spiro Children of Kibbutz p. x, My research problem, therefore, was restricted to the relationships between kibbutz child training and sabra (one born and raised in a kibbutz) personality. 1971Times 28 Sept. (Israel Suppl.) p. iv/4 Only two of the 18 Ministers in Israel's Government are sabras, native Israel Jews... There is no sabra university president. 1977Time 4 July 16/1 Begin's predecessor, Yitzhak Rabin, was a nonobservant Sabra who often seemed uncomfortable wearing a yarmulke and unfamiliar with the words of daily prayers.
2. (See quots.)
1970House & Garden Nov. 139/1 Sabra is a new liqueur from Israel..a blend of Jaffa orange and chocolate. 1975Times 11 Jan. 11/5 Sabra, the Israel liqueur made with bitter oranges and a very bitter Swiss chocolate. |