jibba
/ˈdʒɪbə
/(also jibbah, djibba, or djibbah)
noun
A long coat worn by Muslim men.He would wake up and fold the sleeves of his jibba to make it look like a blouse and pull out one of the saris spread on the ground in place of mats....
- The jibba in fact evolved from its ragged model over the fifteen-year period which witnessed the rise and fall of the Mahdist state.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Egyptian variant of Arabic jubba.
Rhymes
- be (or be caught) in a cleft stick
- be (or come) along
- be (or come) late to the party
- be (or come) nowhere
- be (or find oneself) in a minority of one
- be (or get) across something
- be (or get) dialled in
- be (or get) lost in the shuffle
- be (or get) mixed up in
- be (or get) mixed up with
- be (or get) shut of
- be (or go) on the lash
- be (or go) on the piss
- be (or go) on the shicker
- be (or have a) down on
- be (or have something) written all over one (or one's face)
- be (or look) a picture
- be (or make) friends with
- be (or make) so bold (as to do something)
- be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes
- be (or stand) in awe of
- Beothuk
- be out of here (or there)
- be out of (or have gone out with) the ark
- be out on one's ear